sympatric

English

Etymology

From sympatry +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /sɪmˈpætɹɪk/

Adjective

sympatric (comparative more sympatric, superlative most sympatric)

(biology, genetics) Occurring in the same, or in overlapping, territory, especially of species that do not interbreed.
- 2004, Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, Phoenix, published 2005, page 349:
  There is some evidence of sympatric speciation of cichlid fish in small African crater lakes.

Hypernyms

(living in same territory without interbreeding): speciation

Coordinate terms

Translations

occurring in the same territory

Catalan: simpàtric
Dutch: sympatrische
Finnish: sympatrinen (fi)
French: sympatrique (fr), sympatride
Galician: simpátrico
German: sympatrische
Hungarian: élőhelyi elkülönülés, ökológiai elkülönülés, ökológiai fajképződés
Italian: simpatrico (it)
Maori: nohotata
Portuguese: simpátrico
Spanish: simpátrico

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