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sympatric
sym·pat·ric [ sim páttrik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
living nearby without interbreeding: describes species that occupy roughly the same area of land but do not interbreed
[Early 20th century. < Greek patra "fatherland" < patēr "father"]

sym·pat·ri·cal·ly adverb
sym·pat·ry [ símpətree ] noun
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