ethospecies

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noun

A species that is reproductively isolated from other morphologically similar species due to its breeding behaviour.

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Meanings

nounethospecies (plural ethospecies)
  1. biologyA species that is reproductively isolated from other morphologically similar species due to its breeding behaviour.

    For these and other reasons we suggest that S. rovneri is an ethospecies, morphologically similar to but reproductively isolated from its sibling species by courtship behavior, particularly acoustic communication.

    2014, Peter N. Witt, Spider Communication: Mechanisms and Ecological Significance

Origin

From etho- + species.

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ethospecies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethospecies

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“ethospecies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethospecies. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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