See Also: Wallace(tourism)
Wallace, Lew(is)(encyclopedia)
Wallace(dictionary)
Wallace, Sir William(dictionary)
Wallace, George(dictionary)
Stevens, Wallace(dictionary)
Wallace and Gromit(dictionary)
Wallace (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Wallace, William, Sir(encyclopedia)
Wallace, Mike(encyclopedia)

Wallace (iou)



Wallace noun. M19.
[Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), English naturalist.]
Used attrib. and in possess. to designate concepts originated by Wallace or related to his work on speciation and distribution.
Wallace effect the evolution of reproductive isolation between sympatric species. Wallace line, Wallace's line a suggested boundary between the oriental and Australasian biogeographical regions, now placed along the continental shelf of SE Asia east of the islands of Borneo, Bali, and the Philippines. Wallace's standardwing: see STANDARDWING noun.
Wallacea noun a zoogeographical area constituting a transition zone between the oriental and Australasian regions, usu. held to comprise Sulawesi and other islands situated between the respective continental shelves E20.
Wallacean adjective (a) of, pertaining to, or designating concepts originated by Wallace; (b) of or pertaining to Wallacea: M20.