disjunct
- (a) progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second
- (s) having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects
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(s) marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements
- "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly
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(s) used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations
- disjunct distribution of king crabs