Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Occupying the same or overlapping geographic areas. Used of organisms, especially populations of the same or closely related species.
  • adjective Occurring among populations having such a distribution.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of, pertaining to, or.of the nature of, sympatry. See the extract under sympatry.

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  • adjective biology Living in the same or overlapping territory.
  • adjective genetics, biology Living in the same territory without interbreeding.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (of biological species or speciation) occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[syn– + Greek patrā, fatherland (from patēr, patr-, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots) + –ic.]

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From sympatry +‎ -ic.

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Examples

  • The first supposes that all speciation is sympatric, which is plain nonsense.

    (UPDATED) Another half-brained science headline - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • Interestingly, the 2 chameleon species are sympatric, that is, they can be found together in the same habitat.

    Archive 2008-07-01 AYDIN 2008

  • Interestingly, the 2 chameleon species are sympatric, that is, they can be found together in the same habitat.

    Which lives longer, the chameleon or the egg? AYDIN 2008

  • This type of diversification-without-isolation is now called sympatric speciation, and demonstrating its existence has been one of the toughest recent nuts in evolutionary biology.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

  • We describe the first case of an obligate predatory dung beetle and contrast its behaviour and morphology with those of its coprophagous sympatric congeners.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • Another endemic is the golden Cattleya orchid, (Cattleya aurea), that is sympatric in the upper Sinú with the gigas Cattleya orchid, (Cattleya warscewickzii), showing the contact zone between Magdalena Medio and Chocó-Darién; the upper Sinú is the only place where the naturally occurring hybrid, the spectacular (Cattleya X hardyana) has been found.

    Sinú Valley dry forests 2008

  • The sympatric occurrence of the Indian muntjac Muntiacus muntjak further complicates species identification based primarily on morphometry.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • How do you explain the character displacement observed in sympatric populations if there is no competition?

    Darwin's finches - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • How do you explain the character displacement observed in sympatric populations if there is no competition?

    Darwin's finches - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • Genetic differentiation, sympatric speciation, and the origin of a diploid species of Stephanomeira.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

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  • Referring to biological species or speciation--Occurring in the same or overlapping geographical areas.

    October 10, 2007

  • The Auld Sod is blessed with a hat trick

    In Columbkille, Brigid and Patrick

    And, so the monks tell us,

    They're none of them jealous,

    Their patronage sweetly sympatric.

    March 17, 2017