CONSPECIFIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conspecific mean? 

• CONSPECIFIC (noun)
  The noun CONSPECIFIC has 1 sense:

1. an organism belonging to the same species as another organism

  Familiarity information: CONSPECIFIC used as a noun is very rare.

• CONSPECIFIC (adjective)
  The adjective CONSPECIFIC has 1 sense:

1. belonging to the same species

  Familiarity information: CONSPECIFIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSPECIFIC (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)

• CONSPECIFIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Belonging to the same species

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

cultivated cabbage and wild cabbage are conspecific

Pertainym:

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