Cosmopolites

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Cosmopolites

in biology, species, genera, families, or larger groups of animals or plants that inhabit the whole (or almost the whole) earth.

Strictly cosmopolitan species of animals or plants do not seem to exist. Examples of the highest-ranking cosmopolites are the cereal family, Gramineae, and the bird order Passeriformes. The opposite of cosmopolites are endemics, plants or animals that are found only in limited territories.

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No references found			They considered the moon alone to be inhabited: they imagined it was the real heart of the universe or planetary system, on which the genuine Cosmopolites, or citizens of the world, dwelt. Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context We were Berkshire, or Gloucestershire, or Yorkshire boys; and you're young cosmopolites, belonging to all countries and no countries. Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context We hear of them, and we see foreign labels on much luggage, but we find travellers instead of cosmopolites. The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context			cosmic sediment cosmic spherules cosmic string cosmic year cosmic-ray shower cosmic-ray telescope Cosmocercidae Cosmocercoidea Cosmochemistry cosmochlore Cosmodrome Cosmogony Cosmoid Scale cosmological cosmological argument Cosmological Constant Cosmological Paradoxes cosmological principle cosmological redshift cosmological term Cosmology Cosmonaut Cosmonauts Day cosmopolitan Cosmopolitanism Cosmopolites Cosmos cosmotron cosolvent cospectrum COSS Cossa, Baldassare Cossa, Francesco Cossa, Francesco Del Cossack Cossack Schools Cossack Starshina Cossacks Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area Cossidae Cossimbazar Cosslett process Cossoidea Cossuridae Cossyphodidae cost Cost Accounting cost adjustment cost analysis cost breakdown Cost Calculation			cosmopolitanises cosmopolitanises cosmopolitanising cosmopolitanising cosmopolitanising cosmopolitanism cosmopolitanism cosmopolitanism cosmopolitanism cosmopolitanize cosmopolitanize cosmopolitanize cosmopolitanized cosmopolitanized cosmopolitanized cosmopolitanizes cosmopolitanizes cosmopolitanizes cosmopolitanizing cosmopolitanizing cosmopolitanizing cosmopolitans cosmopolitans cosmopolitans cosmopolite cosmopolite cosmopolite cosmopolite Cosmopolite (butterfly) Cosmopolite (butterfly) Cosmopolites Cosmopolitian Cosmopolitian Cosmopolitian Cosmopolitical cosmopolitism cosmopolitism CosmoQuest Cosmorama Cosmoramic cosmos cosmos cosmos Cosmos (disambiguation) Cosmos (disambiguation) COSMOS Analysis Program Cosmos Seafood Energy Marketing Ltd. cosmoses cosmoses Cosmosphere Cosmotarianism Cosmote Cosmotheism Cosmotheism (classical) Cosmotheism (classical) Cosmotheist Cosmotheists Cosmothetic Cosmothetic idealists cosmotron cosmotron

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