Definizione monolingua

endemic

endemic (plural endemics)

1. An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 34:

     The species that appeared as a consequence were endemics; that is, they were found nowhere else in the world.

endemic (not comparable)

1. Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.

   Kangaroos are endemic to Australia.

2. (Especially of plants and animals.) Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.

   The endemic religion of Easter Island arrived with the Polynesian settlers.

3. (Especially of diseases.) Prevalent in a particular area or region.

   Malaria is endemic to the tropics.

   • 1998, Gillian Catriona Ramchand, Deconstructing the Lexicon, in Miriam Butt and Wilhelm Geuder, eds. “The Projection of Arguments”

     These problems are endemic to the theory of thematic roles as currently conceived, because the classification it implies simply does not correspond to legitimate linguistic semantic definitions.

Definizione dizionario endemic

endemico

endemia

Altri significati:

Species which is restricted to a specific geographic location.

individual or species that is endemic

native to a particular area

peculiar to a particular area

Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.

An individual or species that is endemic to a region.

Prevalent in a particular area or region.

prevalent in a particular area

Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.

Of or relating to a disease constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality.