English Explanatory Dictionary

Lessepsian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to the French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps, who designed the Suez Canal.
  2. Of or relating to organisms that migrate from the Red Sea to the eastern Mediterranean Sea by means of the Suez Canal.
noun
  1. Any species that migrated in this manner.

Pronunciation

/leɪˈsɛp.sɪ.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Lessepsian.wav

Word forms

Lessepsian Lessepsians

Etymology

From Lesseps, the surname of Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805–1894) + -ian (suffix forming adjectives or nouns meaning ‘belonging to, relating to, or like’).

Derived words

Lessepsian migration
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