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megadiverse

adj
/ˌmɛɡədaɪˈvɜːs/UK/ˌmɛɡədaɪˈvɝs/US

Etymology

From mega- (prefix meaning ‘very large, great’) + diverse, possibly modelled after biodiverse.

  1. inherited from diverse — “differently; at various times”
  2. derived from *wert-✻ — “to rotate; to turn”
  3. derived from dīversus — “different, diverse”
  4. derived from divers — “different; of various kinds”
  5. derived from divers
  6. inherited from divers
  7. prefixed as megadiverse — “mega + diverse”

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting great diversity, especially great biodiversity.

    • Mexico is one of the 12 megadiverse countries. While 1.3% of the land in the world, it hosts about 12% of the known terrestrial biota with very high endemicity.
    • […] Australia is the only developed nation, with the exception of Mexico, among the dozen or so regions which have been recognized as ‘megadiverse’, that is, having extensive total biodiversity.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA