intercontinentally

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

intercontinental +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

intercontinentally (not comparable)

  1. Between continents.
    • 2015 October 21, “Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of Asian Pterourus Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): A Case of Intercontinental Dispersal from North America to East Asia”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Our results support this scenario, but we find that ensuing warming periods also provide gateways that allowed the common ancestor of the elwesi-species group to disperse intercontinentally.