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interspeˈcific, a.
[f. inter- 4 c + specific, as adj. from species.]
Existing or prevailing betwen different species. Also, formed or obtained from (individuals of) different species.
1889Nature XXXIX. 287/1 As the description of the relations of organs characterized the physiology of the individual, so that of interspecific adaptations is the physiology of the race. 1913Amer. Naturalist XLVII. 243 Interspecific hybrids seldom show the typical Mendelian behavior. 1946[see intergeneric a.]. 1968H. Harris Nucleus & Cytoplasm v. 93 If somatic cells derived from the two species of animal are fused together with inactivated virus, the resultant interspecific hybrids not only multiply, but actually over⁓grow the two parent cells.
Hence interspeˈcifically adv., between species, from one species to another.
1970Nature 10 Oct. 189/2 The number of cellular enzymes known to differ interspecifically, for example, between mouse and man, is increasing rapidly. |