endemic

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• IPA ^(key): /ɛnˈdɛm.ɪk/

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Adjective

Positive endemic

Comparative more endemic

Superlative most endemic

1. Endemic means that a species (or other taxon) belongs to something else. If an animal is endemic to a place (or habitat), it only exists in that habitat.

   Some trout are endemic to Lake Baikal.

Related words

• migration
• native

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