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) ( see con-, species) + -fic

Example Sentences

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

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 1964 Kraig Adler and I independently collected frogs and associated tadpoles in Guerrero that subsequently proved to be Hyla pinorum and provided evidence that Hyla pinorum is not conspecific with Ptychohyla leonhardschultzei.

From Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America by Duellman, William E.