HealthAugust 13, 2026
conspecifics
kon-spuh-SIF-iks
Definition
Members belonging to the same biological species.
Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'com-' (together) and 'species' (kind or appearance). It entered English in the 19th century as a technical term in biology to denote individuals of the same species.
In the news
The article uses the term to describe how hibernating animals can still recognize and remember other members of their own species after they wake up.
Memory may not work how we thought, study of mice in artificial hibernation finds
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