Allopatry

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being allopatric. uncountable
  2. 2
    the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “different”) + πᾰτρῐ́ς (pătrĭ́s, “fatherland”).

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