Definition of conspecific in English:
conspecific
adjective kɒnspəˈsɪfɪkˌkɑnspəˈsɪfɪk
Biology (of animals or plants) belonging to the same species.
Example sentencesExamples
- Females captured ovipositing exhibited the same choice when they were subjected to preference tests, regardless of whether the discriminations were made among conspecific plants or heterospecific plants.
- When predators are omnivorous, prey may avoid predators that have fed on conspecific prey, but they may lack such a response if these same predators have consumed other food sources.
- There are increasing concerns about the risks of gene flow from transgenic cultivars to conspecific weeds.
- The model considers a group of conspecific animals searching for food simultaneously.
- However, conspecific trees at different sites may differ in the pattern of growth rate with age.
noun kɒnspəˈsɪfɪkˌkɑnspəˈsɪfɪk
usually conspecificsBiology A member of the same species.
the rabbit was isolated from male conspecifics
Example sentencesExamples
- Relatively little is known of P. spathula behavior towards conspecifics or members of different species.
- The size of a pair's territory and the extent to which they defend it from conspecifics depends on the species and the habitats.
- Their large eyes probably help them locate conspecifics and aid in visual communication, if any exists.
- Similarly, the population must be effectively isolated from wintering conspecifics.
- Thus, in this unsworded species, neither females nor males appear to prefer conspecifics of the other sex with swords to those with clear attachments.
Derivatives
noun
Biology Morphological and molecular characters suggest conspecificity of all bisexual European and North African Artemia populations
Example sentencesExamples
- The probe prepared as described above can be used to assay test samples for conspecificity as follows.
- Everywhere I looked, however, I found that morphology and reproduction were the defining criteria for conspecificity.
- Comparative genetic analysis of the viral DNA from each isolate would be required to definitively ascertain the conspecificity of these viruses.
- Although these data suggest conspecificity, we will refrain from a formal decision until further studies have been completed.
Definition of conspecific in US English:
conspecific
adjectiveˌkänspəˈsifikˌkɑnspəˈsɪfɪk
Biology (of animals or plants) belonging to the same species.
Example sentencesExamples
- There are increasing concerns about the risks of gene flow from transgenic cultivars to conspecific weeds.
- Females captured ovipositing exhibited the same choice when they were subjected to preference tests, regardless of whether the discriminations were made among conspecific plants or heterospecific plants.
- When predators are omnivorous, prey may avoid predators that have fed on conspecific prey, but they may lack such a response if these same predators have consumed other food sources.
- However, conspecific trees at different sites may differ in the pattern of growth rate with age.
- The model considers a group of conspecific animals searching for food simultaneously.
nounˌkänspəˈsifikˌkɑnspəˈsɪfɪk
usually conspecificsBiology A member of the same species.
the rabbit was isolated from male conspecifics
Example sentencesExamples
- Their large eyes probably help them locate conspecifics and aid in visual communication, if any exists.
- Similarly, the population must be effectively isolated from wintering conspecifics.
- Thus, in this unsworded species, neither females nor males appear to prefer conspecifics of the other sex with swords to those with clear attachments.
- Relatively little is known of P. spathula behavior towards conspecifics or members of different species.
- The size of a pair's territory and the extent to which they defend it from conspecifics depends on the species and the habitats.