Definition of "species-specific" [species-specific]

• Limited to or found only in one species: a species-specific antibody; a species-specific virus. (adjective)

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• ""Critter groups" — species-specific, hunter - and angler-supported foundations that watch out for elk, mule deer, wild sheep, wild trout and others — seem to have weathered the recession well."
• "They are packaged by species, so you can select trout, bass, etc. and get the rod, reel, line, etc. plus species-specific flies AND an introductory DVD for very close to the price you are asking."
• "So although this pan-panism serves the plot and prefigures the species-specific occupations shown in the Ape pre/sequels, real-life chances of such coordination, even with augmentation, are frankly nil."