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heterospecific

heterospecific adjective: of or belonging to a different species.

Adjective

heterospecific (comparative more heterospecific, superlative most heterospecific)

  1. (systematics) Of or belonging to a different species.

Noun

heterospecific (plural heterospecifics)

  1. An organism belonging to a different species to another.

Forms of heterospecific

Adjective
comparativemore heterospecific
superlativemost heterospecific
Noun
pluralheterospecifics

Origin of heterospecific

From hetero- + specific.

Words formed from heterospecific

Questions about heterospecific

What does heterospecific mean?
Heterospecific means of or belonging to a different species.
What part of speech is heterospecific?
Heterospecific can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near heterospecific in the dictionary

  1. heterosomatous
  2. heterosome
  3. heterosomes
  4. heterosomic
  5. heterospecies
  6. heterospecific
  7. heterospecifically
  8. heterospecificity
  9. heterospecifics
  10. heterospermic
  11. heterospermous

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