Specific character

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(Nat. Hist.)

a characteristic or characteristics distinguishing one species from every other species of the same genus.

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Determinative tables Disciplinal discipline Discipliner leitmotif leitmotiv show specific			Because it is triangular or quadrangular a thing is said to have a specific character, or again because it is straight or curved; in fact a thing's shape in every case gives rise to a qualification of it. The Categories by Aristotle View in context			specialist specialist intelligence report specialist knowledge specialist registrar specialistic speciality specialization specialize specialize in specialized specializer specializing specially specialness specialty specialty store speciate speciation specie specie point species species-specific speciesism specifiable specific Specific character specific charge Specific disease Specific duty specific epithet specific gravity specific heat specific heat capacity Specific heat of a substance specific humidity specific impulse Specific inductive capacity specific intelligence collection requirement Specific legacy Specific name specific performance specific resistance specific search specific thrust specific viscosity specific volume Specifical specifically Specificalness Specificate specification			specific activity enzymes specific activity enzymes specific activity enzymes Specific Activity of DNA/Labeling Index Specific Activity Scale Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand Specific Airway Resistance Specific Airworthiness Specification Specific Amplicon Polymorphism Specific Application Service Element Specific Appropriation Request specific aptness Specific Area Cross-Sectional Transmission Electron Microscopy Specific Area Marine Management Plan Specific Area Message Encoding Specific Area of Interest specific atrial granules specific atrial granules specific atrial granules Specific Behavioral Objective specific bequest Specific Branchial Surface Area Specific Bronchial Provocation Testing Specific Carbohydrate Diet specific catalysis specific cause specific cause specific cause specific cause Specific Central to Peripheral Specific character Specific charge Specific charge specific charges specific charges Specific Collecting Area Specific Collection Area Specific Combining Ability Specific Commodity Rate Specific Communication Service Mapping specific conductance Specific conductivity specific confinement specific cryptosystem specific curtailment Specific density Specific density Specific descriptor Specific descriptor Specific descriptor Specific detectivity Specific Development and Design Specific developmental disorder Specific Developmental Disorder of Motor Function Specific Developmental Disorders of Speech and Language specific devise Specific Digit String trigger specific disease specific disease specific diseases specific diseases

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