species-specific

[ spee-sheez-spi-sif-ik, spee-seez- ]
/ ˈspi ʃiz spɪˈsɪf ɪk, ˈspi siz- /

adjective Ecology.

associated with or limited to one species only.

Example sentences from the Web for species-specific

  • It is, in any event, possible to treat breeding schedules as species-specific characters, for any one geographic area.

    The Breeding Birds of Kansas |Richard F. Johnston

Medical definitions for species-specific

species-specific

adj.

Limited to or found only in one species.
Of or being a serum that acts only upon a member of the same species as that from which the original antigen was obtained.