Despeciation
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Despeciation is a noun meaning (biology, taxonomy) The loss of a unique species of animal due to its combining with another previously distinct species.
Meaning
(biology, taxonomy) The loss of a unique species of animal due to its combining with another previously distinct species.
More Meanings
- (biology, immunology, physiology, medicine) The loss of antigenic specificity in an antigen or an antibody thereto.
Antonyms for despeciation
Common opposites include speciation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include subspeciation, speciocide, speciation, cospeciation, speciecide, coextinction.
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