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- adjective Alternative form of
paleoendemic .
Etymologies
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From palaeo- + endemic
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Examples
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The butterflies of this area include a number of palaeoendemic species, relicts from the Tertiary period.
Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets 2007
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