intraspecificadj.
Produced, occurring, or existing within a (taxonomic) species or between individuals of a single species.
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univocal1638
specific1650
subspecific1795
conspecific1859
racial1884
co-specific1889
relic1889
relict1899
intraspecific1919
monospecific1921
intraspecies1927
supraspecific1936
infra-specific1939
supraspecies1960
species-uniform1968
1919 Genetics 4 501 (heading) An analysis of certain cases of intraspecific sterility.
1929 Hereditas XIII. 185 Partial sterility in intra- and interspecific crosses.
1937 A. Huxley Ends & Means xiv. 265 Progress is dependent on the preponderance of intra-specific co-operation over intra-specific competition.
1953 N. Tinbergen Herring Gull's World x. 88 Species are known in which the reproductive season brings much intraspecific strife.
1966 M. Latzke tr. K. Z. Lorenz On Aggression iii. 18 The survival value of inter-specific fights is much more evident than that of intra-specific contests.
1968 R. D. Martin tr. W. Wickler Mimicry in Plants & Animals xvi. 227 I have given the term intra~specific mimicry to this form of self-imitation within a species.
1969 Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 22/4 Mankind's allegedly instinctive affection for weaponry and intraspecific killing has been a selling subject.
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