interspecific

1. 1.

   arising or occurring between species

   “an interspecific hybrid”

   Synonymsinterspecies

Questions about interspecific

What does interspecific mean?

interspecific means "arising or occurring between species".

How many syllables are in interspecific?

interspecific has 5 syllables: in-ter-spe-ci-fic. The stress falls on "ci".

What is another word for interspecific?

Close synonyms include interspecies. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is interspecific a common word?

interspecific is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.