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INTRASPECIES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intraspecies mean?
• INTRASPECIES (adjective)
The adjective INTRASPECIES has 1 sense:
1. arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species
Familiarity information: INTRASPECIES used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species
Synonyms:
intraspecies; intraspecific
Context example:
intraspecific competition
Antonym:
interspecies (arising or occurring between species)
Context examples
Additionally, there are intraspecies differences in venom composition and activity, depending on location and other factors.
(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)
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