Deme (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
  2. a local population of organisms of the same kind, especially one in which the genetic mix is similar throughout the group.
noun
    • (in preclassical Greece) the territory inhabited by a tribe
    • (in ancient Attica) a geographical unit of local government
  1. a group of individuals within a species that possess particular characteristics of cytology, genetics, etc
    Deme (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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