VICARIANT


Meaning of VICARIANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ē-ənt ]

adjective

Etymology: translation of German vikarirend, present participle of vikarieren to act as a substitute, from Vikar representative, proxy, from Middle High German vicar, from Latin vicarius substitute

Date: 1952

: of, relating to, or being the process of vicariance or organisms that evolved through this process

the possible vicariant origin of the Antillean arthropod fauna

• vicariant noun

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