| 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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