conspecific
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of conspecific
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"This proves that the roosters did not mistake their reflection for a conspecific," says Sonja Hillemacher.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
Questions about conspecific interactions often focus on competition among members of the same species for a limited resource.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
“When it’s a fish they’re like, ‘Ooh you need a conspecific control and a control for empathy and a control for this and that … the fish are not doing this’.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2019
If they’re actually conspecific with the Long-tailed earless dragon, things aren’t so urgent, since this species is not regarded as being of conservation concern.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 4, 2014
The acquisition of additional material, especially from Nayarit and northern Jalisco, probably will provide a basis for showing that these two populations are conspecific.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by William E. Duellman
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