adjective · academic
endemic
/enˈdemɪk/en·DEM·ic
Band 6-7speakingtask2
native to and restricted to a particular geographic area
Examples
“The lemur is endemic to Madagascar.”
“Endemic species are often more vulnerable to habitat loss.”
“Policies to protect endemic plants can help preserve a country's natural identity.”
Band 8 sentence
“Protecting endemic fauna is crucial because their loss would mean global extinction of unique lineages.”
Collocations
- endemic species
- strictly endemic
Word family
endemic adjectiveendemicity noun
Common mistakes
endemic to many countries→endemic to a specific area
an endemic species→an endemic species
Say it for a higher band
5native→6local→7+endemic
Synonyms
native
Easily confused
introduced
“The introduced plant outcompeted several endemic species on the island.”
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