adj. Occurring in tropical areas on all the major continents, i.e. in Africa, Asia and America, in 'all' the tropical regions. Used in biology, pertaining to area of geographical occurrence.
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adj. distributed throughout the tropics
Word Usage
"The pantropical red-footed booby (Sula sula) is another example of an isolated population."