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parapatric

parapatric adjective: whose ranges do not significantly overlap but are immediately adjacent to each other; they only occur together in the narrow contact zone, if at all.

Adjective

parapatric (not comparable)

  1. Whose ranges do not significantly overlap but are immediately adjacent to each other; they only occur together in the narrow contact zone, if at all.

Noun

parapatric (plural parapatrics)

  1. Such an organism

parapatric meaning in Tamil

parapatric in Tamil

ஓரிடச் சிறப்பினமாக்கல்சார்

Forms of parapatric

pluralparapatrics

Words formed from parapatric

Questions about parapatric

What does parapatric mean?
Parapatric means whose ranges do not significantly overlap but are immediately adjacent to each other; they only occur together in the narrow contact zone, if at all.
What is parapatric in Tamil?
Parapatric in Tamil is ஓரிடச் சிறப்பினமாக்கல்சார். See Parapatric meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is parapatric?
Parapatric can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near parapatric in the dictionary

  1. paraparesis
  2. paraparetic
  3. paraparticle
  4. paraparticles
  5. parapatellar
  6. parapatric
  7. parapatrically
  8. parapatrics
  9. parapatry
  10. parapectic acid
  11. parapectin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parapatric (page history and authors); parapatric (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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