Parapatric
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Parapatric is an adjective meaning Such an organism.
Meaning
Such an organism.
More Meanings
- (biology, of organisms) 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.
Word Forms
- parapatrics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include speciation, sympatric, peripatric, allopatric, macrosympatric, stasipatric.
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