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sym·pat·ric   (sĭm-pāt'rĭk)   
adj.   Ecology
Occupying the same or overlapping geographic areas without interbreeding. Used of populations of closely related species.

[syn- + Greek patrā, fatherland (from patēr, patr-, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots) + -ic.]
sym·pat'ri·cal·ly adv.
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