conspecific
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of conspecific
Example Sentences
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The research team first wanted to check whether the roosters really emit alarm calls in the presence of a conspecific and stay silent when they are 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
Probably certain species in the isthmian region will be found to be conspecific with others to the south, for example Hyla ebraccata with Hyla leucophyllata and Hyla robertmertensi with Hyla underwoodi.
From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by William E. Duellman
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