philopatricadj.
/ˌfɪlə(ʊ)ˈpatrɪk/, U.S. /ˌfɪləˈpætrɪk/ Zoology.
Of an animal or species: tending to return to or remain near a particular site, esp. the place of origin.
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philopatric1942
1942 E. Mayr Systematics & Origin of Species viii. 195 If we base our considerations on the cruising radius of the individual, we come to different conclusions. We find that such genetically fixed races occur only in very sedentary or at least ‘ortstreue’ (philopatric) species.
1951 Ecology 32 353/1 It is quite common among birds..for the females to be somewhat less philopatric than the males, but only in the prothonotary warbler is the difference known to be as great as in the pied flycatcher.
1979 Jrnl. Lepidopterists' Soc. 33 29 L[ethe] eurydice is philopatric and local in wet meadows; demographic data are easily obtained for this sedentary species.
2001 Nature 12 July 139/1 The dispersal of C[archarodon] carcharias is sex-biased, with philopatric (non-roving) females and roving males.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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