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Meaning of ring species | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A biological species consisting of overlapping subgroups, each of which can interbreed with the next, but which cannot freely interbreed when taken as a whole

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Examples

“Ring species demonstrate that "can interbreed with" is not transitive.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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