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ALLOPATRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap
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)