parapatric

English

Adjective

parapatric (not comparable)

1. (biogeography, of organisms) Whose ranges do not significantly overlap but are immediately adjacent to each other; they only occur together in the narrow contact zone, if at all.

Related terms

• parapatry

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: parapatrinen
• Italian: parapatrico (it)

Noun

parapatric (plural parapatrics)

1. Such an organism