sympatric

English

Etymology

From sympatry +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɪmˈpætɹɪk/

Adjective

sympatric (comparative more sympatric, superlative most sympatric)

1. (biology, genetics) Occurring in the same, or in overlapping, territory, especially of species that do not interbreed.
   • 2004, Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, Phoenix, published 2005, page 349:

     There is some evidence of sympatric speciation of cichlid fish in small African crater lakes.

Hypernyms

• (living in same territory without interbreeding): speciation

Coordinate terms

• allopatric
• peripatric
• parapatric

Translations

occurring in the same territory

• Catalan: simpàtric
• Dutch: sympatrische
• Finnish: sympatrinen (fi)
• French: sympatrique (fr), sympatride
• Galician: simpátrico
• German: sympatrische
• Hungarian: élőhelyi elkülönülés, ökológiai elkülönülés, ökológiai fajképződés
• Italian: simpatrico (it)
• Maori: nohotata
• Portuguese: simpátrico
• Spanish: simpátrico