Ethospecies
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A species that is reproductively isolated from other morphologically similar species due to its breeding behaviour.
"For these and other reasons we suggest that S. rovneri is an ethospecies, morphologically similar to but reproductively isolated from its sibling species by courtship behavior, particularly acoustic communication."
Example
More examples"For these and other reasons we suggest that S. rovneri is an ethospecies, morphologically similar to but reproductively isolated from its sibling species by courtship behavior, particularly acoustic communication."
Etymology
From etho- + species.
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