conspecific

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For some animals, the death of a conspecific is a little tinkle of the dinner bell.

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  1. adjective Of or belonging to the same species.
  2. noun An organism belonging to the same species as another.

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  • Present results do not support the possibility that Antarctic prions can distinguish the sex of a conspecific through its odour but indirectly support the hypothesis that they can distinguish individual odours. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The other 10, faced with a choice of partner versus a conspecific of their own sex, would choose the partner (10 to partner). —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • For some animals, the death of a conspecific is a little tinkle of the dinner bell. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • These researchers observed that the behavioral response to pain in a mouse is modulated by the presence of a conspecific, and additionally noted that the simple observation of a cagemate in pain alters nociception. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Indeed, it was not the mere presence of a conspecific, but the observation of this conspecific in pain that modulated the behavioral response to pain —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
 

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/kɑnspəˈsɪfɪk/
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