sympatric
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
sympatric (comparative more sympatric, superlative most sympatric)
- (biology, genetics) Occurring in the same, or in overlapping, territory, especially of species that do not interbreed.
- 2004, Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, Phoenix, published 2005, page 349:
- There is some evidence of sympatric speciation of cichlid fish in small African crater lakes.
Hypernyms
- (living in same territory without interbreeding): speciation
Coordinate terms
Translations
occurring in the same territory
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