Wallacea
/wɒˈleɪsɪə
/Zoology
A zoogeographical area constituting a transition zone between the Oriental and Australian regions, east of Wallace’s line. It is generally held to comprise Sulawesi and other islands between the two continental shelves.
Origin
1920s: from the name of A. R. Wallace (see Wallace, Alfred Russel).
- poietic
- poignance
- poignancy
- poignant
- poignantly
- poikilitic
- poikilitically
- poikilo-
- poikiloblast
- poikiloblastic
- poikilocyte
- poikilocytosis
- poikiloderma
- poikilodermatous
- poikilodermia
- poikilo-osmotic
- poikilosmosis
- poikilosmotic
- poikilosmoticity
- poikilotherm
- poikilothermal
- poikilothermia
- poikilothermic
- poikilothermism
- poikilothermous