Examples of “endemic” in a Sentence

adj Native to, or regularly found only in, a particular place.

• The kiwi is a bird endemic to New Zealand.
• This wildflower is endemic to the alpine regions of the Rockies.
• Many frogs found on this island are endemic and live nowhere else.

adj Regularly occurring within a particular community or region, such as a disease that never fully disappears.

• Malaria remains endemic in parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
• Corruption was endemic in the old regime.
• Colds are endemic in schools during the winter term.