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phylopatry

phylopatry is the misspelling of philopatry.

Meaning of philopatry

Noun

philopatry (uncountable)

  1. (ethology) The tendency of an animal to return to, or stay in, its home area or birthplace.

Questions about phylopatry

What is phylopatry the misspelling of?
Phylopatry is the misspelling of philopatry.

Words near phylopatry in the dictionary

  1. phylomorph
  2. phylomorphospace
  3. phylomorphospaces
  4. phylon
  5. phylopatric
  6. phylopatry
  7. phylopattern
  8. phylopatterns
  9. phylophenomics
  10. phyloproteomic
  11. phyloproteomics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phylopatry (page history and authors); philopatry (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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