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species-specific

American  
[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

“Instead, it depends heavily on regional climate, elevation and species-specific biology.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

These samples were then genetically tested using a species-specific marker called a DNA barcode.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2024

The researchers suggest that coral responses to climate change are diverse and complex, influenced by a range of factors, including species-specific characteristics and past exposure to environmental stressors.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024

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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