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cospeciation

cospeciation noun: an event that occurs when a symbiotic relationship between two organisms leads to a change creating a new species in the process.

Noun

cospeciation (countable and uncountable, plural cospeciations)

  1. An event that occurs when a symbiotic relationship between two organisms leads to a change creating a new species in the process.

Forms of cospeciation

pluralcospeciations

Origin of cospeciation

From co- + speciation.

Questions about cospeciation

What does cospeciation mean?
Cospeciation means an event that occurs when a symbiotic relationship between two organisms leads to a change creating a new species in the process.
What part of speech is cospeciation?
Cospeciation is a noun.
What is the plural of cospeciation?
The plural of cospeciation is cospeciations.

Words near cospeciation in the dictionary

  1. cospecializes
  2. cospecializing
  3. cospeciate
  4. cospeciated
  5. cospeciating
  6. cospeciation
  7. cospeciations
  8. cospecies
  9. cospecific
  10. cospectral
  11. cospectrality

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