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species
- /ˈspiːʃiːz/
- /ˈspiːsiːz/
- /ˈspiːʃi.ɪz/ obsolete
- /ˈspiːʃi.iːz/ obsolete
Rhymes with -iːʃiːz, -iːsiːz
Where it comes from
From Latin speciēs (“appearance; quality”), from speciō (“see”) + -iēs suffix signifying abstract noun. Doublet of spice.
noun species · specieses
- A type or kind. (Compare race.) the male species
- A group of sexually reproducing organisms of which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance. This species of animal is unique to the area.
- A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank. Hence, in determining whether a form should be ranked as a species or a variety, the opinion of naturalists having sound judgment and wide experience seems the only guide to follow.
- An individual or kind of a biological species.
- A particular type of atom, molecule, ion or other particle.
- A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.
- The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection. I cast the species of the Sun onto a sheet of paper through a telescope.
- Visible or perceptible presentation; appearance; something perceived. Wit,[…]the faculty of imagination in the writer, which searches over all the memory for the species or ideas of those things which it designs to represent.
- Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
- Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie. There was, in the splendour of the Roman empire, a less quantity of current species in Europe than there is now.
- A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
noun
- plural of specie
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Closest in meaning: variety, interspecies, interspecific, taxon, speciation, genus, subspecies, endangered, habitat, ecosystem, biological, biota, morphologically, breed, animal, wildlife
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noun group of plants or animals having similar appearance
| Español | especie |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 종류 jongnyu, 종 jong |
| 日本語 | 種類 shurui |
| 中文 | 物種 /物种 zhǒnglèi, 種 /种 zhǒng |
| हिन्दी | जाति jāti |
| Kiswahili | aina |
| Português | espécie |
| Français | espèce |
| Deutsch | Art |
| Italiano | specie |
| Ελληνικά | είδος eídos |
| Română | specie |
| Русский | вид vid |
| Tiếng Việt | loài |
| العربية | نَوْع nawʕ |
| עברית | מִין min |
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