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ALLOPATRY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlapplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("allopatry" is a kind of...):

occurrence (an instance of something occurring)

Antonym:

sympatry (the occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding)

Derivation:

allopatric ((of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another)

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