Sympatric

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /sɪmˈpatɹɪk/

Origin

From sympatry + -ic.

Full definition of sympatric

Adjective

1. (biology, genetics) Occurring in the same, or in overlapping, territory, especially of species that do not interbreed.
• 2004, Richard Dakwins, The Ancestor's Tale, Phoenix 2005, p. 349:There is some evidence of sympatric speciation of cichlid fish in small African crater lakes.

Hypernyms

• (living in same territory without interbreeding) speciation

Coordinate terms

• allopatric
• peripatric
• parapatric