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  • adjective Of one species; monospecific.

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uni- +‎ specific

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Examples

  • This center of endemism shows only moderate generic endemism and has only three endemic families, the unispecific Barbeyaceae and Cornaceae and the unigeneric Oliniaceae.

    South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic 2008

  • Finally, in nitrogen-limited, two-stage chemostats where both stages are illuminated, with unispecific Chlorella in the ®rst stage and mixed Chlorella-Ochromonas in the second stage, we see colonial Chlorella.

    Mutation, selection and complexity - The Panda's Thumb 2006

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