Parapatric

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Such an organism
Adjective
  1. 1
    Whose ranges do not significantly overlap but are immediately adjacent to each other; they only occur together in the narrow contact zone, if at all. not-comparable

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