interspecies en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English species English interspecies From inter- + species.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Occurring or arising between species; interspecific.
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:“You're a publicist,” she said. “She's a celebrity. That's interspecies.”
2014, William Gibson, “Death Cookie”, in The Peripheral, Penguin: