microendemism

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noun

The condition of being microendemic

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Meanings

nounmicroendemism (usually uncountable, plural microendemisms)

plural microendemisms

  1. uncountableusuallyThe condition of being microendemic

    Instead, geographic barriers to gene flow leading to microendemism in the region may be generating a unique pattern among haplotypes, as discussed below.

    2016 January 23, “Phylogeography in Response to Reproductive Strategies and Ecogeographic Isolation in Ant Species on Madagascar: Genus Mystrium (Formicidae: Amblyoponinae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From micro- + endemism.

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Translations

Italian microendemismo
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APA

microendemism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microendemism

MLA

“microendemism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microendemism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microendemism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microendemism.

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