Meanings
adjectiveinterspecies (not comparable)
- not comparableOccurring or arising between species; interspecific.
“You're a publicist,” she said. “She's a celebrity. That's interspecies.”
2014, William Gibson, “Death Cookie”, in The Peripheral, Penguin1 more example
In view of this biochemical diversity, the possibilities of interspecies hybridization in this genus are very interesting and worthy of attention.
1985, John F. Peberdy, Lajos Ferenczy, Fungal Protoplasts, CRC Press, page 259
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Englishinter-
- Englishspecies
- Englishinterspecies
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APA
interspecies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interspecies
MLA
“interspecies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interspecies. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interspecies,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interspecies.
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