parapatric

English

Adjective

parapatric (not comparable)

(biogeography, 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.

Related terms

parapatry

Translations

Translations

Finnish: parapatrinen
Italian: parapatrico (it)

Noun

parapatric (plural parapatrics)

Such an organism

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