Species

Noun

 * 1) A group of plants or animals having similar appearance.
 * This species of animal is unique to the area.
 * 1)  A rank in the classification of organisms, below genus and above subspecies; a taxon at that rank
 * 2) * Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
 * 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.
 * Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
 * 1)  A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated, so named because they retain the image of the bread and wine before their transubstantiation into the body and blood of Christ.
 * 1)  Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated, so named because they retain the image of the bread and wine before their transubstantiation into the body and blood of Christ.

Derived terms

 * chemical species
 * ring species


 * endangered species


 * subspecies

Related terms

 * speciate
 * speciation
 * specie
 * specific


 * speciose
 * specious
 * spectacle
 * spectacular


 * speculate
 * speculation
 * speculative
 * speculator

Adjectives for Species
particular; gigantic; important; superior; representative; prehistoric; foreign; tropical; new; dominant, extinct; distinct; collective; terrestrial; principal; mimetic; delightful; incipient; corresponding; subtle; unique; domesticated; nobler; nigh-perfected; rare.

Verbs for Species
breed—; classify—; corrupt—; cross—; discover—; elevate—; exalt—; exterminate—; group—; inbreed—; perpetuate—; preserve —; propagate—; refine—; reproduce—; revive—; segregate—; uplift—; vitiate—; —abounds; —congregates; —degenerates; —embraces ; —evolves ; —includes ; —ornaments ; —rehabilitates; —relates; —survives.

Thesaurus
animal kingdom, antonomasia, binomial nomenclature, biosystematics, biosystematy, biotype, blood, branch, brand, breed, brood, cast, character, clan, class, classification, color, deme, denomination, description, designation, family, feather, folk, form, genotype, genre, gens, genus, glossology, grain, house, ilk, kidney, kin, kind, kingdom, label, line, lineage, lot, make, manner, mark, matriclan, mold, nation, nature, nomenclature, number, onomastics, onomatology, order, orismology, patriclan, people, persuasion, phratry, phyle, phylum, place-names, place-naming, plant kingdom, polyonymy, race, section, sept, series, shape, sort, stamp, stem, stirps, stock, strain, stripe, style, subclass, subfamily, subgenus, subkingdom, suborder, subspecies, subtribe, superclass, superfamily, superorder, superspecies, systematics, taxonomy, terminology, the like of, the likes of, toponymy, totem, tribe, trinomialism, type, variety

Etymology
From species:, from specio: + -ies: suffix signifying abstract noun.

Translations

 * Basque: espezie
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 * Basque: espezie
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (しゅ)(academic),  (るい),  (しゅるい)


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 * : 種, 种 (zhǒng); 類, 类 (lèi); 種類, 种类 (zhǒnglèi)
 * :, Spezies
 * : (1),  (2,3)
 * : spesies, jenis
 * : specie
 * :, Spezies
 * : (1),  (2,3)
 * : spesies, jenis
 * : specie


 * :, (plural: speci)
 * : rūšis
 * : espécie
 * : specie
 * : vrsta

Noun

 * 1) a seeing, view, look
 * 2) a spectacle, sight
 * 3) external appearance; general outline or shape
 * 4) semblance, pretence, pretext, outward show
 * 5) show, display
 * 6)  vision, dream, apparition
 * 7)  honor, reputation
 * 8)  a kind, quality, species
 * 9)  a special case

Etymology
From specio: + -ies: suffix signifying abstract noun.

Descendants

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