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species-specific

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[spee-sheez-spi-sif-ik, spee-seez-] / ˈspi ʃiz spɪˈsɪf ɪk, ˈspi siz- /

adjective

Ecology.
  1. associated with or limited to one species only.


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Fish and Wildlife Service creates a species-specific rule saying otherwise.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

All four species use very similar pheromones, but mix them in a species-specific way.

From Science Daily Apr. 11, 2024

They are also species-specific, meaning selecting proper antivenom requires knowing which type of snake bit you.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2023

In a statement to Nature, the agency said that certain aspects of cephalopod research, such as pain perception and species-specific husbandry, are still being studied.

From Scientific American Sep. 20, 2023

It is the most compulsively collective, genetically programmed, species-specific, and autonomic of all the things we do, and we are infallible at it.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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