NOUN | state | allopatry | the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap |
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Meaning | The occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap. | |
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Broader | occurrence | An instance of something occurring |
Opposite | sympatry | The occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding |
Spanish | alopatría | |
Adjectives | allopatric | (of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another |
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