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CONSPECIFIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An organism belonging to the same species as another organism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("conspecific" is a kind of...):

being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Belonging to the same species

Example:

cultivated cabbage and wild cabbage are conspecific

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

species ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed)

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