Definition of Endemic

native to a specific area or group of individuals

Examples of Endemic in a sentence

The poisonous snake must have come from another country because it is not endemic to our nation.  🔊

In Jared’s flawed family, alcoholism appears to be endemic as most of the older children have drinking problems.  🔊

Many of the birds that were once endemic to Africa are now being bred in the United States.  🔊

As we hiked through the rainforest, we saw endemic creatures we could not have observed anywhere else on the planet.  🔊

Scientists have to travel across the globe to find the endemic medicine that can only be found on the Australian continent.  🔊

Even the justice department in Mexico knows it has a huge problem with endemic police corruption in its country.  🔊

The fish is expensive because it is endemic to the Caribbean Sea and has to be flown into the country.  🔊

While malaria is rarely seen in the United States, it is endemic to several tropical countries.  🔊

Endemic wildlife in the forest is being threatened by the creation of the new subdivision.  🔊

Although scientists at the local college would like to perform further observations, they lack the resources to study a species endemic to Antarctica.  🔊

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