deme
/dim/
noun
- A local population or group of organisms of the same species that live and breed together in a particular area.
- Each deme of the butterfly species has slightly different wing patterns.
- The genetic variation within a deme can be quite high.
- Scientists studied a deme of fish living in a single lake.
- In ancient Greece, a local administrative district or village.
- The records from each deme helped organize the population.
- Citizens of ancient Athens belonged to a deme for local government.
- He traced his family history back to a small deme near the coast.