[nee-oh-trop-i-kuh
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| belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward. |
| Ne·o·trop·i·cs (nē'ō-trŏp'ĭks) n. The biogeographic region of the New World that stretches southward from the Tropic of Cancer and includes southern Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies. Ne'o·trop'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj. |