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heterospecific

adj

Meaning

  1. Of or belonging to a different species.
  2. An organism belonging to a different species to another.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English specific English heterospecific From hetero- + specific.

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