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allopatrically

Variant of allopatric

adjective

Biol. of or pertaining to species of organisms occurring in different but often adjacent areas

Origin: < allo- + Gr patra, native village (< patēr, father) + -ic

Related Forms:

allopatrically adverb
allopatry noun

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