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interspecies

interspecies adjective: occurring or arising between species; interspecific.

Adjective

interspecies (not comparable)

  1. Occurring or arising between species; interspecific.
    • In view of this biochemical diversity, the possibilities of interspecies hybridization in this genus are very interesting and worthy of attention.1985, John F. Peberdy, Lajos Ferenczy, Fungal Protoplasts, CRC Press, page 259
    • “You're a publicist,” she said. “She's a celebrity. That's interspecies.”2014, William Gibson, “Death Cookie”, in The Peripheral, Penguin

Origin of interspecies

From inter- + species.

Questions about interspecies

What does interspecies mean?
Interspecies means occurring or arising between species; interspecific.
What part of speech is interspecies?
Interspecies is an adjective.

Words near interspecies in the dictionary

  1. interspatially
  2. interspawning
  3. interspeaker
  4. interspecial
  5. interspecialty
  6. interspecies
  7. interspecific
  8. interspecific competition
  9. interspecific competitions
  10. interspecific plums
  11. interspecifically

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