Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parapatrically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: para-p-atri-cal-ly
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Of the ranges of organisms, in a parapatric manner; in a manner that is adjacent, but not significantly overlapping.

Example Sentences

"Where it comes parapatrically in contact with the parental species, it will establish a narrow secondary hybrid zone (reproductive isolation will rarely be complete at the beginning)."
"It is easy to see how diversifying selection could result in the formation of parapatrically distributed races."
"Several taxa of plethodontid salamanders exist as complexes of parapatrically distributed, genetically differentiated populations with sharp clines at the contact zone."

Etymology

From parapatric + -ally.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: parapatric

Questions

What does parapatrically mean?: Of the ranges of organisms, in a parapatric manner; in a manner that is adjacent, but not significantly overlapping.
Where does parapatrically come from?: From parapatric + -ally.

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