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vicarianism

vicarianism noun: the biogeographical theory that vicariance is responsible for the differences between species.

Noun

vicarianism (uncountable)

  1. The biogeographical theory that vicariance is responsible for the differences between species.

Questions about vicarianism

What does vicarianism mean?
Vicarianism means the biogeographical theory that vicariance is responsible for the differences between species.
What part of speech is vicarianism?
Vicarianism is a noun.

Words near vicarianism in the dictionary

  1. vicariads
  2. vicarial
  3. vicarian
  4. vicariance
  5. vicariances
  6. vicarianism
  7. vicarians
  8. vicariant
  9. vicariantly
  10. vicariants
  11. vicariate

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