Pronounced: (as expected), noun
Notes: I have heard of “wheel house”, but not “wheel horse”
Yesterday’s word
The word ecotone is “a transition area between two adjacent ecological communities”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1900s (1900-1910)
Background / Comments
Our word refers to the area in which landscapes overlap, where the species from each area encounter one another and overlap. Our word came from eco- (ecological; environmental) and the Greek word tónos (tension).
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