species-specific
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Fish and Wildlife Service creates a species-specific rule saying otherwise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
These samples were then genetically tested using a species-specific marker called a DNA barcode.
From Salon • Oct. 29, 2024
The team found that, compared to the X chromosome, the Y chromosome varies greatly across ape species and harbors many species-specific sequences.
From Science Daily • May 29, 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
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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