interspecies

[ in-ter-spee-sheez, -seez ]

adjective

1. existing or occurring between species. specie. species.

Word History and Origins

Origin of interspecies¹

First recorded in 1915–20; inter- + species

Example Sentences

This interspecies battle could be a case of what’s called an innovation arms race, says Barbara Klump, a behavioral ecologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Radolfzell, Germany.

From Science News

Copeland says he is now ready to challenge the monkey to the first “interspecies battle” in Pong.

From MIT Technology Review

Paul is against same-sex marriage to such an extent that he compared it with interspecies marriage earlier this summer.

From The Daily Beast