ecospecies

[ek-oh-spee-sheez, -seez, ee-koh-]

ec·o·spe·cies

[ek-oh-spee-sheez, -seez, ee-koh-]
noun Ecology.
a taxon consisting of one or more interbreeding ecotypes: equivalent to a taxonomic species.

Origin:
1920–25; eco- + species

ec·o·spe·cif·ic [ek-oh-spi-sif-ik] , adjective
ec·o·spe·cif·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Ecospecies is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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World English Dictionary
ecospecies (ˈiːkəʊˌspiːʃiːz, -ˌspiːsiːz, ˈɛkəʊ-)
 
n
ecology a species of plant or animal that can be divided into several ecotypes
 
[C20: from eco(logy) + species]
 
ecospecific
 
adj

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ecospecies   (ē'kō-spē'shēz, -sēz)  Pronunciation Key 
A species considered in terms of its ecological characteristics and usually including several ecotypes capable of interbreeding.
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