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interhost

interhost adjective: between hosts.

Adjective

interhost (not comparable)

  1. Between hosts
    • The lack of allele 196 in hawthorn wasps for locus DA003 suggests that there is little or no effective interhost gene flow from apple, blueberry, or snowberry wasp populations into the hawthorn population.2009 February 6, Andrew A. Forbes et al., “Sequential Sympatric Speciation Across Trophic Levels”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 776–779

Origin of interhost

From inter- + host.

Questions about interhost

What does interhost mean?
Interhost means between hosts.
What part of speech is interhost?
Interhost is an adjective.

Words near interhost in the dictionary

  1. interhombomeric
  2. interhomolog
  3. interhomologous
  4. interhomologue
  5. interhospital
  6. interhost
  7. interhouse
  8. interhousehold
  9. interhuman
  10. interhumeral
  11. interhyal

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