ring species

English

Noun

ring species (plural ring species)

1. A biological species consisting of overlapping subgroups, each of which can interbreed with the next, but which cannot freely interbreed when taken as a whole

   Ring species demonstrate that "can interbreed with" is not transitive.

Translations

biological species

• Finnish: rengaslaji
• German: Artenkreis m, Rassenkreis m, Ringspezies f