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Species
ˈspiːʃiːz
Species definitions
noun
species
- a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g. Homo sapiens
- a group subordinate to a genus and containing individuals agreeing in some common attributes and called by a common name
- a kind or sort
"a species of invective at once tough and suave"
- used humorously to refer to people who share a characteristic or occupation
"a political species that is becoming more common, the environmental statesman"
- a particular kind of atom, molecule, ion, or particle
"a new molecular species"
- the visible form of each of the elements of consecrated bread and wine in the Eucharist