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philopatric

philopatric adjective: of or pertaining to philopatry.

Adjective

philopatric (comparative more philopatric, superlative most philopatric)

  1. (ethology) Of or pertaining to philopatry.

Forms of philopatric

comparativemore philopatric
superlativemost philopatric

Origin of philopatric

From philopatry + -ic.

Questions about philopatric

What does philopatric mean?
Philopatric means of or pertaining to philopatry.
What part of speech is philopatric?
Philopatric is an adjective.

Words near philopatric in the dictionary

  1. Philonians
  2. Philonism
  3. Philonist
  4. Philonists
  5. philonium
  6. philopatric
  7. philopatry
  8. philopedia
  9. philopena
  10. philopenas
  11. philophobe

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