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novel | biogeography |

As a verb novel

is to increase (to make larger).

As a noun biogeography is

(uncountable) the study of the geographical distribution of living things.

novel

English

(wikipedia novel)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • new, original, especially in an interesting way
    • Usage notes
    * Said of ideas, ways, etc.
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Etymology 2

    In various senses from (etyl) novelle or (etyl) novella, both from (etyl) novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus, from . Some senses came to English directly from the Latin. (etystub)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A novelty; something new.
  • *, II.2.4:
    • merry talessuch as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels , and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione , which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are well pleased with.
  • A work of prose fiction, longer than a short story.
  • (classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.
    • Derived terms
    * novelisation, novelization * novelist
    Related terms
    * novella

    biogeography

    English

    (wikipedia biogeography)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The study of the geographical distribution of living things
  • The geographical distribution of a particular living thing
  • * {{quote-book, 2004, Brian P. Hedlund & James T. Staley, chapter=Microbial Endemism and Biogeography, Microbial Diversity and Bioprospecting, editor=Alan T. Bull citation
    • , passage=First, any international traveler knows that many pathogenic microbes, both viral and bacterial, have distinct biogeographies .}}

    Derived terms

    * palaeobiogeography

    Related terms

    * biogeographic