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noun
A unit of land area, ten by ten (that is, a hundred) square kilometres, often used for assessing how widely distributed particular animals or plants are.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cartography, geography, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From hect- + -ad.
