HyperDic: sympatric

English > 1 sense of the word sympatric:
ADJECTIVEallsympatric(of biological species or speciation) occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas
English > sympatric: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning(of biological species or speciation) occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas.
Categorybiology, biological scienceThe science that studies living organisms
Oppositeallopatric(of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another
Spanishsimpátrico
Catalansimpàtric
Nounssympatrythe occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding

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