allopatry

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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, different) + πᾰτρῐ́ς (patrís, fatherland).[1]

Noun[edit]

allopatry (uncountable)

  1. (biology) The condition of being allopatric. [from 1942][1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.