Parapatric Definition
părə-pătrĭk
adjective
Occupying geographic areas that are partially overlapping or have a partial barrier between them. Used of organisms, especially populations of the same or closely related species.
American Heritage Medicine
Occurring among populations having such a distribution.
Parapatric speciation.
American Heritage Medicine
Origin of Parapatric
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para– Greek patrā fatherland (from patēr patr- father pəter- in Indo-European roots) –ic
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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