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ethospecies

ethospecies noun: a species that is reproductively isolated from other morphologically similar species due to its breeding behaviour.

Noun

ethospecies (plural ethospecies)

  1. A species that is reproductively isolated from other morphologically similar species due to its breeding behaviour.
    • For these and other reasons we suggest that S. rovneri is an ethospecies, morphologically similar to but reproductively isolated from its sibling species by courtship behavior, particularly acoustic communication.2014, Peter N. Witt, Spider Communication: Mechanisms and Ecological Significance

Forms of ethospecies

pluralethospecies

Origin of ethospecies

From etho- + species.

Questions about ethospecies

What does ethospecies mean?
Ethospecies means a species that is reproductively isolated from other morphologically similar species due to its breeding behaviour.
What part of speech is ethospecies?
Ethospecies is a noun.
What is the plural of ethospecies?
The plural of ethospecies is ethospecies.

Words near ethospecies in the dictionary

  1. ethoscopes
  2. ethosed
  3. ethoses
  4. ethosome
  5. ethosomes
  6. ethospecies
  7. ethosulfate
  8. ethosulfates
  9. ethosuximide
  10. ethot
  11. ethotoin

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