introduced species

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introduced species (plural introduced species)

1. (ecology) A species living outside its native distributional range which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, deliberately or accidentally.

• alien species
• exotic species
• adventive species
• immigrant species
• foreign species
• non-indigenous species
• non-native species

• invasive species (harmful introduced species)

• Definition of "introduced species" by UK's Natural History Museum[1]