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interspecific Definition

inter·spe·cific (in′tər spə sifik)

adjective

between species

interspecific Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • hybridisation: Interspecific hybridisation, or breeding between different species has been used where they each possess desirable attributes.
  • hybrid: Apart from the moral objections, such interspecific hybrids are well known to result in gross abnormalities.
  • competition: Rather scarce, possibly because of interspecific competition at the juvenile stage.
  • variation: More than 10 species with a range of interspecific variations of the genus have been discovered and studied.
  • interaction: One thus obtains a physiological basis for interspecific interactions.
  • difference: The greatest interspecific differences in height growth occurred at the medium crown exposure classes.