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spe·cies

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\\ˈspē-(ˌ)shēz, -(ˌ)sēz\\ noun
(plural species)1.
  a.

kind

,

sort

  b. a class of individuals having common attributes and designated by a common name; specifically : a logical division of a genus or more comprehensive class
      confessing sins in species and in number
  c. the human race : human beings — often used with the
      survival of the species in the nuclear age
  d.
    (1) a category of biological classification ranking immediately below the genus or subgenus, comprising related organisms or populations potentially capable of interbreeding, and being designated by a binomial that consists of the name of a genus followed by a Latin or latinized uncapitalized noun or adjective agreeing grammatically with the genus name
    (2) an individual or kind belonging to a biological species
  e. a particular kind of atomic nucleus, atom, molecule, or ion
2. the consecrated eucharistic elements of the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Eucharist
3.
  a. a mental image; also : a sensible object
  b. an object of thought correlative with a natural object

II

adjective: belonging to a biological species as distinguished from a horticultural variety
    a species rose

species
  1551, a classification in logic, from L. species "kind, sort," originally "appearance, sight, a seeing," related to specere "to look at, to see, behold," from PIE *spek- (see scope (1)). Biological sense is from 1608. Endangered species first attested 1964. Speciesism "discrimination against certain animals based on assumption of human superiority" first attested 1975 in Richard D. Ryder's "Victims of Science."

species
spe·cies / 5spi:Fi:z / noun (pl. spe·cies)
   a group into which animals, plants, etc. that are able to breed with each other and produce healthy young are divided, smaller than a

genus

and identified by a Latin name
   种,物种(分类上小于属):
   a rare species of beetle
   一种稀有甲虫
   There are many species of dog(s).
   狗有许多种。
   a conservation area for endangered species
   濒危物种保护区

spe·cies
I. \ˈspē(ˌ)shēz, -_shiz also -(ˌ)sēz or -_siz\ noun
(plural species)
Etymology: Latin, appearance, form, kind, species, beauty — more at
1.
 a. : a class of individuals having common attributes and designated by a common name : a logical division of a genus or more comprehensive class : a subclass designated by adding to the name or connotation of a genus some specific difference that limits its application to a restricted group
  < the triangle is a species of plane figure >
 b. : a limited kind or group having a distinguishing characteristic; especially : one capable of including variant individuals and of being subsumed in a more inclusive category
  < mineral species are made up of varieties having common basic properties >
  < one species of tramp who wanders from workhouse to workhouse — Osbert Sitwell >
 c. : the race of man : human beings :
  < progress of the species in science >
 d.
  (1) : a category of biological classification ranking immediately below a genus or subgenus and being denominated in taxonomic usage by a binomial that consists of the name of its genus followed by a Latin or latinized noun or adjective which is usually not capitalized and agrees grammatically with the genus name : a group of intimately related and physically similar organisms that actually or potentially interbreed and are less commonly capable of fertile interbreeding with members of other groups, that ordinarily comprise differentiated populations limited geographically (as subspecies) or ecologically (as ecotypes) which tend to intergrade at points of contact, and that as a group represent the stage of evolution at which variations become fixed through loss of ability to exchange genes with members of other groups although formerly conceived to be the total progeny of a single distinctive specially created pair — compare 4c; see
  (2) : an individual plant or animal or a kind of plant or animal belonging to a particular species — not used technically
 e. : a particular kind of atomic nucleus, atom, molecule, or ion
  < a great number of new nuclear species have been prepared within the last few years in the region of the natural radioactivities — Science >
  < all atoms of a particular radioactive species have the same probability of disintegrating — H.D.Smyth >
  — compare ,
2.
 a. : the consecreated eucharistic elements; specifically : the accidents of the eucharistic bread and wine as distinguished in Roman Catholicism from their substance
 b.
  (1) : a mental image, phantasm, or sensuous presentation
  (2) : an idea or object of thought that is the similitude of an object in nature whether in the guise of a modification of sense or of a purely intellectual correlative of the natural object; broadly : , ,
 c. obsolete : a reflected image :
 d. obsolete : an illusory image :
3. obsolete : the essential quality or distinguishing characteristic of something
4.
 a. : a component part of a compound medicine :
 b. : a mixture of chopped coarsely powdered vegetable drugs; especially : one used to prepare an aromatic tea or tisane
  < a pectoral species >
  < an emollient species >
5. obsolete : money of gold, silver, or other metal : ,
Synonyms: see
II. adjective
: constituting, being a member of, or selected from a biological species and not belonging to a horticultural variety of hybrid origin
 < the China rose is a species rose >
 < native American species irises >

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