"steppic" meaning in English

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          "text": "The groups include a steppic, a Mediterranean / temperate forest, and a montane group for larger herbivores; a rabbit group (as they are the most numerous of the fauna and possibly the most local to the rocky cliffs and sandy foreshore in the immediate vicinity of the site); and a carnivore group (to assess the potential for non-human carnivores being responsible for the assemblage).",
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          "text": "The steppic corridor opened the way to and from Inner Asia.",
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          "sense": "pertaining to a steppe",
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          "sense": "pertaining to a steppe",
          "word": "estepari"
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          "sense": "pertaining to a steppe",
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          "sense": "pertaining to a steppe",
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          "word": "степно́й"
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