"ring species" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ring species [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|ring species}} ring species (plural ring species)
  1. 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 Wikipedia link: ring species Translations (biological species): rengaslaji (Finnish), Artenkreis [masculine] (German), Rassenkreis [masculine] (German), Ringspezies [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-ring_species-en-noun-sGXaVmFD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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