certain species
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcertainandspecies
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certain
adjective
uk/ˈsɜː.tən/us/ˈsɝː.tən/
having no doubt or knowing exactly that something is true, or known to be true, correct, exact, ...
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species
noun[C]
uk/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/us/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/
a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with ...
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Minerals (or sand) (2%) of no nutritional value were ingested bycertainspecies, and mud (5%) by some fish species.
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The use of the scanning electron microscope in elucidating these characters accurately can confirm or dispute the validity ofcertainspeciesof the genus.
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The simultaneous and apparently sympathetic variations ofcertainspeciesare shown by the tables.
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Inventories were also necessary to determine ifcertainspecieswere in danger of being overlogged.
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Vessels of each technology type targetcertainspecies, although there may be species overlap between two different harvesting technologies.
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Some farmers do this forcertainspeciesat their farms.
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Two or more colour forms ofcertainspecieswere present; in these cases the incidence of the colour forms is described.
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The bats also appeared to prefercertainspeciesas roost trees.
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Alternatively, improved rabies surveillance of wildlife species could also account for the observed increase of the disease incertainspecies.
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Although total woodpecker abundance differed only slightly between forest types, relative abundance ofcertainspeciesdiffered significantly.
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This model is used to describe diffusive transport of energy orcertainspeciesconcentrations.
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The bats tended to roost incertainspeciesand sizes of trees.
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The animals also tended to usecertainspeciesof trees as roosts.
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The bats preferentially roosted incertainspeciesof trees.
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This technique revealed that the commonly used practice of surface sterilization appeared to have a detrimental effect oncertainspeciesof seed.
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The rinderpest seems to have exercised some obscure influence upon at leastcertainspeciesof tsetse-flies in a good many places.
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The production ofcertainspeciescould go up while others down.
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