sympatry
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with, in company with, together with”) + πᾰτρῐ́ς (patrís, “fatherland”).
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Noun[edit]
sympatry (plural sympatries)
- (biology) The use of the same (or overlapping) geographical areas, by populations of related species, without interbreeding. [from 1903]