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Sympatric

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Adjective

1. sympatric

(of biological species or speciation) occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas

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Sympatric

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adjective
(of biological speciation or species) taking place or existing in the same or overlapping geographical areas
Compare allopatric

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Sympatric

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adjective
Ecology
of or pertaining to closely related species of organisms occurring in the same geographic area

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sympatric

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adj.
1. Occupying the same or overlapping geographic areas. Used of organisms, especially populations of the same or closely related species.
2. Occurring among populations having such a distribution: sympatric speciation.

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