interspecies
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Occurring or arising between species; interspecific.
Example Sentences
- "In view of this biochemical diversity, the possibilities of interspecies hybridization in this genus are very interesting and worthy of attention."
- "“You're a publicist,” she said. “She's a celebrity. That's interspecies.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English species English interspecies From inter- + species.