SYMPATRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sympatry mean? 

• SYMPATRY (noun)
  The noun SYMPATRY has 1 sense:

1. the occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding

  Familiarity information: SYMPATRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYMPATRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("sympatry" is a kind of...):

occurrence (an instance of something occurring)

Antonym:

allopatry (the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap)

Derivation:

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