inter se
Americannoun
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(italics) among or between themselves.
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Animal Husbandry. the mating of closely related animals to each other.
adverb
Etymology
Origin of inter se
First recorded in 1885–90, inter se is from Latin inter sē
Example Sentences
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The "inner college" will therefore merely stress the contacts inter se which students at large universities do not often enjoy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Those which were reared were absolutely sterile when crossed inter se, or with either parent.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. by Charles Darwin
It was also imported into the East India Company's vessels, the senior being so termed, inter se.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
The facts above stated cannot be questioned, and it is admitted that these species are all prolific without limit inter se.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Between any two of the birds that gladden the sea-shore, the river banks, or the woods, there is some difference in outward appearance— Invenies tamen inter se differre figuris65.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar
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