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

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.