interspecies

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English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ species.

Adjective

interspecies (not comparable)

  1. Occurring or arising between species; interspecific.
    • 1985, John F. Peberdy, Lajos Ferenczy, Fungal Protoplasts, CRC Press, page 259:
      In view of this biochemical diversity, the possibilities of interspecies hybridization in this genus are very interesting and worthy of attention.
    • 2014, William Gibson, “Death Cookie”, in The Peripheral, Penguin:
      “You're a publicist,” she said. “She's a celebrity. That's interspecies.”

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