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Definition of Conspecific

1. Adjective. Belonging to the same species. "Cultivated cabbage and wild cabbage are conspecific"

2. Noun. An organism belonging to the same species as another organism.

Definition of Conspecific

1. a. Of the same species.

Definition of Conspecific

1. Adjective. (systematics) Of, or belonging to the same species ¹

2. Noun. An organism belonging to the same species as another ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conspecific

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Conspecific

1. Of the same species. Origin: L. Con-, with, + specific (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conspecific

consonous consopiation consort consortable consorted consortest consortia consortial consorting consortion

consortium consortiums consorts consortship consortships conspecific (current term) conspecificity conspecifics conspectus conspectuses

conspersion conspersions conspicious conspicuities conspicuity conspicuous conspicuous consumer conspicuous consumption conspicuously conspicuousness

Literary usage of Conspecific

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

1. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1915)
"As, however, there is a wide intervening territory occupied by another species it seems unlikely to us that the two forms are conspecific. ..."

2. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1868)
"... has the leaf-segments much narrower and finer, the flowers smaller, and the spur longer and more slender, but I have no doubt it is conspecific. ..."

3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1908)
"After studying them carefully, I was surprised to find the two were different species, and both males, and also not conspecific with the two females at ..."

4. Evolution of the Plio-Pleistocene African Suidae by James Michael Harris, Timothy D. White (1979)
"We interpret these two specimens to be conspecific with smaller and earlier material from Olduvai Bed II which Leakey (1958: p. ..."

5. Monitoring Bird Populations by Point Counts edited by C. John Ralph, John R. Sauer, Sam Droege (1998)
"Presumably, more appropriate stimuli (eg, conspecific territorial songs) would ... Conversely, the response of these two species to conspecific territorial ..."

6. Orchidaceae: Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidaceae by Oakes Ames (1915)
"The specimen from Laguna Province, referred to above, which Merrill identified as V. ovalis, appears to be conspecific with V. philippi- nensis, ..."

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