Notogaean

/ ˌnəʊtəˈdʒiːən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Notogaea, a zoogeographical area comprising the Australasian region

adjective

1. of or relating to Notogaea or its inhabitants

Example Sentences

Taken as a whole, the finches, concerning which no reasonable doubt can exist, are not only little birds with a hard bill, adapted in most cases for shelling and eating the various seeds that form the chief portion of their diet when adult, but they appear to be mainly forms which predominate in and are highly characteristic of the Palaearctic Region; moreover, though some are found elsewhere on the globe, the existence of but very few in the Notogaean hemisphere can as yet be regarded as certain.

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