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Organism vs Heterospecific - What's the difference?

organism | heterospecific |

As nouns the difference between organism and heterospecific

is that organism is (biology) a discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism while heterospecific is an organism belonging to a different species to another.

As a adjective heterospecific is

(systematics) of or belonging to a different species.

organism

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.
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  • (by extension) Any complex thing with properties normally associated with living things.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * free-living organism * organismal * organismic

    Anagrams

    * * English words suffixed with -ism

    heterospecific

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (systematics) Of or belonging to a different species.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An organism belonging to a different species to another.