disjunct

Adjective

• used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations
  • disjunct distribution of king crabs
    

• 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
    

• having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects

• progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second