Allopatric

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not living in the same territory; geographically isolated and thus unable to crossbreed.

    "The similarly sized Burrowing Owl and Western Screech-Owl were the most allopatric of any species pair considered here; the percentage of similarity in their diets was 67%."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another wordnet

Synonyms

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dichopatricmicroallopatricparapatricperipatricsympatric

Example

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"The similarly sized Burrowing Owl and Western Screech-Owl were the most allopatric of any species pair considered here; the percentage of similarity in their diets was 67%."

Etymology

From allopatry + -ic.

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