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allopatric

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
allopatric /ˌaləˈpatrɪk/

▶adjective Biology (of animal or plant species or populations) occurring in separate non-overlapping geographical areas. Compare with sympatric.

– derivatives
allopatry noun.

– origin 1940s: from allo- + Gk patra ‘fatherland’ + -ic.

'allopatric' also found in these Oxford entries:

allo- - sympatric

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