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species-specific

[ spee-sheez-spi-sif-ik, spee-seez- ]

/ ˈspi ʃiz spɪˈsɪf ɪk, ˈspi siz- /

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adjective Ecology.

associated with or limited to one species only.

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Nearby words

speciate, speciation, specie, specie point, species, species-specific, species-specific antigen, speciesism, specif., specifiable, specific

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Examples from the Web for species-specific

It is, in any event, possible to treat breeding schedules as species-specific characters, for any one geographic area.
The Breeding Birds of Kansas|Richard F. Johnston

Medicine definitions for species-specific

species-specific

adj.

Limited to or found only in one species.

Of or being a serum that acts only upon a member of the same species as that from which the original antigen was obtained.

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