English Explanatory Dictionary

vicariant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or as a result of vicariance
noun
  1. Any of a set of species, in separate geographical locations, that have arisen through vicariance

Word forms

vicariant vicariants

Etymology

From German vikarierend, present participle of vikarieren (“to act as a substitute”), from Vikar (“vicar, representative”), ultimately from Latin vicārius (“substitute”).

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