conspecific

American  

[kon-spi-sif-ik] / ˌkɒn spɪˈsɪf ɪk /

adjective

Biology.

1. belonging to the same species.

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noun

1. an organism belonging to the same species as another.

conspecific British  

/ ˌkɒnspɪˈsɪfɪk /

adjective

1. (of animals or plants) belonging to the same species

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Etymology

Origin of conspecific

1855–60; conspeci(es) ( con-, species ) + -fic

Example Sentences

In contrast, "conspecific killing," where a cell consumes another cell of the same species, was less common, observed in only three of the seven major taxonomic groups examined.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

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

In short, a strong case can be made for the idea that the Darling Downs dragons are not conspecific with the other Grassland earless dragon populations: Melville .

From Scientific American • Jan. 4, 2014

Now that sufficient specimens are available from throughout the range it is possible to determine that the various named populations are conspecific.

From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.