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host-specific

American

[hohst-spi-sif-ik] / ˈhoʊst spɪˈsɪf ɪk /

adjective

capable of living solely on or in one species of host, as a parasite that infests only chickens.

Etymology

Origin of host-specific

First recorded in 1965–70

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host-specific

Their work supports earlier findings, based on DNA markers and crossing experiments which suggested that F. xylarioides is a species complex containing distinct, host-specific populations.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024

And one of the most abundant milkweed-visiting aphids, the nonnative oleander aphid, is host-specific, meaning it doesn’t eat other plants.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023

Viruses are host-specific because they only can attach to and infect cells of certain organisms.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

To investigate host-specific adaptation of parasites to human and chimpanzee hosts, we compared P. malariae to P. malariae-like.

From Nature ● Jan. 24, 2017

“Genetic evidence for female host-specific races of the common cuckoo.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2010

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