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Wallace's line
noun
, Zoogeography.
- an imaginary line that separates the Oriental and Australian zoogeographical regions and passes between Bali and Lombok, west of Sulawesi, and east of the Philippines.
Wallace's line
noun
- the hypothetical boundary between the Oriental and Australasian zoogeographical regions, which runs between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok, through the Macassar Strait, and SE of the Philippines
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Wallace's line1
First recorded in 1865–70; after A. R. Wallace
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Wallace's line1
C20: named after Alfred Russel Wallace
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