Neogea

Ne·o·gae·a

[nee-uh-jee-uh]
noun
a biogeographical division comprising the Neotropical region.
Also, Ne·o·ge·a.


Origin:
< Neo-Latin; see neo-, Gaea

Ne·o·gae·an, Ne·o·ge·an, Ne·o·gae·al, Ne·o·ge·al, Ne·o·gae·ic, Ne·o·ge·ic, adjective
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Neogaea (ˌniːəʊˈdʒiːə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Arctogaea Compare Notogaea a zoogeographical area comprising the Neotropical region
 
[C19: New Latin, from neo- + Gaea, from Greek gaia earth]

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Neogea is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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