Definitions for montanes

montanes mon·tane

Spelling: [mon-teyn]
IPA: /ˈmɒn teɪn/

Montanes is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 368 anagrams from letters in montanes (aemnnost).

Definitions for montanes

noun

  1. the lower vegetation belt on mountains.

adjective

  1. pertaining to, growing in, or inhabiting mountainous regions.

Origin of montanes

1860-65; Latin montānus, equivalent to mont- (stem of mōns) mount2 + -ānus -ane

Examples for montanes

Everybody except Barwood and Judge montane was either colonel, major, or captain.

Coffee is cultivated in the montane region; and cacao in the lower coast lands.

Many of these species are limited to a montane habitat or find their optimum conditions there.

Its geographic range is similar to that of the montane and basin segments of S. vagrans.

During the glacial ages continental and montane glaciers are judged to have covered much of Canada and the northern United States.

In response to the montane environment the subspecies obscuroides, resembling the subspecies obscurus of the Rockies, developed.

The avifauna at Quoin Hill was a mixture of montane, submontane, and lowland species.

Only 29 birds are known to be endemic to the island and 17 of these are montane.

Other species trapped include the montane vole, long-tailed vole, and Colorado chipmunk.

The montane region has long been famous for its mines of gold and silver.

Word Value for montanes
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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