Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parapatric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: para-p-atric
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Such an organism

Inflected Forms

parapatrics (plural)

Derived Forms

parapatrically

Frequently Paired Words

parapatry

Questions

What does parapatric mean?: 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.

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