conspecific
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of conspecific
Example Sentences
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In total, the roosters emitted 77 alarm calls in the presence of a conspecific -- but only 17 when they were alone.
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
In fact, additional specimens from the headwaters of the Tepalcatepec Valley and the lower slopes of the Mexican Plateau in eastern Michoacán and adjacent Jalisco may show that the two are conspecific.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.
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