tropic

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The country boasts having the highest number of hummingbirds and bats, attributed to its tropic climate and proximity to the equator.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023

The engine that powers every tropic cyclone is convection: enormous volumes of moist, rising air create a vacuum at the surface that sucks in surrounding air as spiraling winds.

From Scientific American • Jun. 1, 2023

Anterior pituitary hormones are sometimes referred to as tropic hormones, because they control the functioning of other organs.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Textiles were an explosion of bright yellow against sky blue, with tropic prints featuring thatched cottages against flourishing banana trees, which Meribe said was meant to celebrate a return to more normality.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2021

The winds were light, and Frightful had to work hard to keep up her speed in the warm air below the tropic of Cancer.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George