[kɪˈɒnɪsɪˈsiːz]

Definitions

1. noun

A group of closely related species that are capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring, often used in the context of speciation and evolutionary biology.

“The researchers studied the coenospecies of the species found in the isolated ecosystem.”

2. noun

A group of species that are so closely related that they can be considered a single reproductive unit, often used in the context of taxonomy and systematics.

“The taxonomist identified the coenospecies as a single unit for classification purposes.”