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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoögeog., a great zoölogical division of the earth's land area, comprising the Austrocolumbian, Australasian, and Novo-Zelanian regions: opposed to Arctogæa. It corresponds to the Neotropical and Australian regions of Sclater.
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But others found sanctuary in the ends of the South, and such survivors of older and earlier types of life cause a similarity between the southern lands that Huxley called Notogaea, although the extent of his region must be increased.
Thomas Henry Huxley A Sketch Of His Life And Work Mitchell, P Chalmers 1900
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Notogaea, which contained Australia but not New Zealand and South America.
Thomas Henry Huxley A Sketch Of His Life And Work Mitchell, P Chalmers 1900
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So that, while the general opinion has been against Huxley's division, Notogaea, in the strict meaning which he gave to it, there has recently been an opinion growing in its favour.
Thomas Henry Huxley A Sketch Of His Life And Work Mitchell, P Chalmers 1900
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