Endemic

/ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/ · adjective

Meaning

Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs..

Definitions by Sense

1. Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
2. (especially of plants and animals) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
3. (especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.
4. An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
5. A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.

Example Sentences

The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.

Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.

[…] a continental northern Alaskan element, including a series of endemic species and disjuncts that have survived the Pleistocene glaciation in northern Alaska and thus represent relicts of the much warmer Tertiary […]

Malaria is endemic to the tropics.

In a country where corruption is endemic, no evidence has been presented that Ms Yingluck took any money from the rice scheme, which in 2012 and 2013 cost Thailand billions of dollars. But a state-appointed committee last year ordered her to pay the fine, finding she was to blame, even though it was government policy.

The species that appeared as a consequence were endemics; that is, they were found nowhere else in the world.

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• endemick
• endemics

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