Definition of Interspecific

1. Adjective. Arising or occurring between species. "An interspecific hybrid"

Exact synonyms: Interspecies
Antonyms: Intraspecies

Definition of Interspecific

1. Adjective. Interspecies, occurring among members of different species ¹

2. Adjective. (biology) Existing or occurring between different species ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Interspecific

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interspecific

intersigmoid recess
intersilite
intersite
intersocially
intersocietal
intersociety
intersong
intersource
interspace
interspaced
interspaces
interspacing
interspecies
interspecies hydrogen transfer
interspecific (current term)
interspecific competition
interspecific graft
interspecific plum
interspecific plums
interspersal
interspersals
intersperse
interspersed
intersperses
interspersing
interspersion
interspersions
intersphere
interspheres

Literary usage of Interspecific

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"Molecular analyses of intergeneric or interspecific relationships are even fewer. ... Using isozyme characters of triploid seed endosperms, interspecific ..."

2. The Mechanism of Evolution in Leptinotarsa by William Lawrence Tower, Joseph Kumler Breitenbecher (1918)
"REACTIONS AND PRODUCTS IN interspecific CROSSES. I have had to deal with many interspecific crosses, and these I have uniformly treated as follows: Species ..."

3. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1914)
"... weevil Mr. Barber spoke of two of his breeding experiments and has furnished the following abstract of his remarks. ON interspecific MATING IN ..."

4. Performance Standards for Safely Conducting Research with Genetically edited by Walter A. Hill (1998)
"Deliberate interspecific hybridization interspecific hybridization has led to ... However, the release of fertile interspecific hybrids into an ecosystem ..."

5. The Variation and Correlations of Certain Taxonomic Characters of Gryllus by Frank Eugene Lutz (1908)
"Comparison of intraspecific and interspecific correlations, [a, short-winged; b, long-winged.] Table 9 offers a comparison of the intraspecific and the ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The basic biological process being investigated in this work is interspecific microbial competition. Outside of the fungus chamber the ant fungus is a very ..."

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