speciesspe‧cies /ˈspiːʃiːz/ ●●○ W3 noun (plural species) [countable] 
Seven species of birds of prey have been observed. pandas and other endangered species (=ones that may soon no longer exist)► see thesaurus at animalCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + speciesendangered (=used about a species of which there are very few still alive, so that it may soon not exist)· The park is a sanctuary for 41 endangered species.protected· Elephants are a protected species in Indonesia.rare· The area contains many rare species of plants.common· Here you will see most of the common species of African wildlife.extinct (=no longer existing)· About a hundred species are becoming extinct every day.new (=not known about before, or not existing before)· A new species of spider has been discovered in a field in Cambridgeshire.native (=having always been in a particular country)· Desert broom is a species native to Arizona.bird/animal/plant species· You can see many different bird species on the canal.verbsa species is found somewhere· This species is found only in the Southern Hemisphere.a species lives somewhere (=used about animals)· Many rainforest species cannot live anywhere else.a species grows somewhere (=used about plants)· The species grows wild in Europe.
WORD ORIGINspecies
Origin:
1300-1400 Latin ‘appearance, kind’, from specere ‘to look (at)’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Many species of aquatic plants can exist in very little light.
- Scientists have discovered a new species of Eucalyptus tree.
- The giant panda is an endangered species. There are fewer than a thousand living in the wild.
- There are over forty species of bird living on the island.
- Clear lakes have more species than do those with muddy water.
- If world insect species totals are as high as 50 million, this would extend to 28,345 species per insect specialist.
- Scientists have begun to investigate and to identify some of the possible causes, which may differ from species to species.
- The achenes of Sagittaria species differ from those of Echinodorus species by not being ribbed.
- The eggs of this species are shed in a packet - that is several stuck together - and sink.
- The large numbers of wild orchids being traded threatens some species with extinction.
- Then the bans on the cull grenade, released at the same time, came into effect for all species of whales.
- This sweeping view of our species makes it clear that we must urgently learn from our past to plan for our future.
THESAURUS
a living thing such as a dog, cow, or tiger, but not an insect, fish, or bird: · farm animals such as cows, sheep, and pigs· People are becoming more concerned about animal welfare.
an animal – used especially when describing a particular animal’s characteristics or when referring to animals generally: · The cheetah is a magnificent creature.· all the living creatures in the sea
an animal, especially a large or dangerous one: · To most people, lions are savage beasts.· a wild beast
an animal considered as one of a group of things that grow and then die, including humans and plants: · The only living things we saw were dogs and cats.
a group of animals whose members are similar and can breed together to produce young animals: · Seven species of birds of prey have been observed.
an animal that drinks milk from its mother’s body when it is young: · Humans, dogs, and whales are all mammals.
a living creature that has a backbone: · viruses that affect chickens, monkeys, and most other vertebrates
a living creature that does not have a backbone: · earthworms and other small invertebrates
one member of a group of people or things that have similar features or qualities. Type is the usual word to use in scientific or technical contexts. In everyday English, people usually use kind or sort: · What type of fish is this?· There are two main personality types.
a type of person or thing. Kind is less formal than type, and is used especially in everyday English: · What kind of food do you like?· There were all kinds of people there.· The study is the first of its kind in Ireland.
especially British English a type of person or thing. Sort is less formal than type, and is used especially in everyday British English: · What sort of person is she?· I like all sorts of music.
one type of something from all the ones that are possible – used especially when things have different physical characteristics, or in certain fixed phrases: · There are many forms of heart disease.· Melanoma is a form of skin cancer.· The first primitive life forms consumed various materials, including hydrogen sulfide, and released oxygen.· In those days, horses were the commonest form of transport.· We need to use alternative forms of energy.· a popular form of entertainment
a type that is slightly different from others in the same group: · The French make many varieties of cheese.· This is a new variety of apple.
a type of plant or animal, which can breed together to produce plants or animals of the same type: · These forests contain many species of trees.· The giant panda is an endangered species.
formal used when talking about a particular type of thing: · Many people find it embarrassing to discuss problems of a sexual nature.· Minor incidents of this nature normally occur about once a month.
a group of people or things that are all of the same type – used when there is a clear system for deciding which group something belongs to: · The three major categories of rock are: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary.· She won the best actress category at the Oscars.
used when talking about the particular way that someone does something or thinks about something, when this is very different from that of other people: · She has her own special brand of humour.· He has called for a more positive brand of politics.
formal a type of art, music, literature etc. that has a particular style or feature: · He has written novels in several genres, most notably science fiction.
Longman Language Activatordamage to the environment harmful chemicals, gases, or waste materials from factories, houses etc that enter the air, water, or land and kill or damage the things that live or grow there: · Pollution levels in the area shot up as soon as the factory started operating.· What pollution controls will the state authorities put in place?air/marine/land etc pollution: · She says that transporting goods by rail instead of road would cut air pollution dramatically.
a general increase in the temperature of the world caused by harmful chemicals and gases from cars, factories etc entering the air: · Scientists estimate that global warming could cause a six degree rise in temperatures by 2100.· One of the most devastating consequences of global warming could be the melting of the polar ice caps.
gases from cars, factories, machines etc that form a layer around the earth and keep the heat in. These are a cause of global warming: · International controls are needed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.· Western countries are overwhelmingly responsible for current levels of greenhouse gases.
rain that is harmful to trees and buildings because it contains pollution from factories, power stations etc: · Typical symptoms of acid rain include deformed and dying trees, and trees with vastly reduced numbers of leaves.
changes in the weather across large areas of the world caused by damage to the natural environment, for example increases in temperature, more storms, or more or less rain: · People will have to get used to more flooding and droughts as climate change becomes a reality.· an international conference on Climate Change
a hole in the layer of natural gases around the earth that protects people, animals etc from damage from the sun. This is thought to be caused by harmful gases from cars, household products, factories etc entering the earth's atmosphere: · The increase in the incidence of skin cancer is directly due to the hole in the ozone layer.
when too many trees are cut down in an area, so that the environment is badly damaged: · Some parts of tropical America have seen over 70% deforestation.· The land is severely eroded as a result of widespread deforestation and intensive farming.
a type of animal, plant etc that might soon stop existing because of damage to the environment it lives in or because too many of them have been killed by humans: · Environmentalists say that the area includes the habitats of at least 20 endangered species.· Although the tiger is an endangered species, it is still hunted in some areas.
a type of plant or animal a group of animals or plants that are all similar and can breed together to produce young animals or plants of the same type: species of: · There are over forty species of bird living on the island.· Scientists have discovered a new species of Eucalyptus tree.endangered species (=one that might not exist for much longer): · The giant panda is an endangered species. There are fewer than a thousand living in the wild.
a type of animal, especially one that has been developed by man, such as a dog, cat, or a farm animal: · Most dairy herds today are of Friesian or Holstein breeds.breed of: · What breed of dog is that? I've never seen one like it before.· It's a very unusual breed of goat, dating back to the time of Cleopatra.
a type of plant or animal that is different from another similar type: · South American growers use the best US seed varieties.variety of: · This is a new variety of apple; we're selling it for the first time.· It may be possible to create varieties of fish that have resistance to common diseases.
a type of plant, animal, bacteria etc that has one particular feature that makes it different from others of the same type - use this in scientific or technical contexts: strain of: · A pure-bred strain of barley is required in the production of this whisky.· A particularly hardy strain of the virus can make you ill for over a week.
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nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + species The lizards are classed as an endangered species. Singapore has many native species of palm. Spotted owls are a protected species.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
a group of animals or plants whose members are similar and can breed together to produce young animals or plants: (=used about a species of which there are very few still alive, so that it may soon not exist)· The park is a sanctuary for 41 endangered species.
· Elephants are a protected species in Indonesia.
· The area contains many rare species of plants.
· Here you will see most of the common species of African wildlife.
(=no longer existing)· About a hundred species are becoming extinct every day.
(=not known about before, or not existing before)· A new species of spider has been discovered in a field in Cambridgeshire.
(=having always been in a particular country)· Desert broom is a species native to Arizona.
· You can see many different bird species on the canal.
verbs· This species is found only in the Southern Hemisphere.
(=used about animals)· Many rainforest species cannot live anywhere else.
(=used about plants)· The species grows wild in Europe.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The lizards are classed as an endangered species. (also species of fish) (=the group of fish that are similar and can breed together)· 74 of California's 113 native fish species are in need of protection.
· Large numbers of insect species are becoming extinct.
Singapore has many native species of palm. Spotted owls are a protected species.· Forest Goblins even eat certain species of spiders which they regard as especially succulent and superior to any other kind of flesh.· The growth of certain species of algae can become quite think if uncontrolled.· In addition to certain species of cuckoo, there are about 30 species of birds worldwide that are also brood parasites.· The extent to which certain species of marine fishes may be tamed was published some time ago in a popular weekly magazine.· Now individual humans may honourably choose not to kill and or eat certain species of animals.· During the same time, certain species dominating the initial reef disappeared.· Little was known about the requirements of certain species.· How is it, then, that caffeine is found in plants as unrelated as certain species of lilies and cacti?
· Loudspeakers play the songs of different cricket species from her left and right.· Figure 2b illustrates that the exon-enriched probe detects conserved sequences in different species.· Just one version is allowed to remain within a species, whatever happens when different species are compared.· After all, his results and Roux's might have differed simply because they had worked on different species.· Furthermore, a monograph of any large tropical group will show varying degrees of recognition of the ecological requirements of different species.· It ignores the obvious discriminations which we make between similar treatment of different species within the animal kingdom.· Month-by-month guide to the fascinating behaviour of a wide range of different animal species.· Soil, for example, can easily have millions of bacteria - of very many different species - in just a gram.
· Today, with competition first from high street supermarkets and now from out of town hypermarkets, they are an endangered species.· The legislation pertaining to protection of wetlands and endangered species is clearly being abused by extremists pursuing ulterior motives.· It gives a detailed list of endangered areas and species.· Ocelots, jaguars, otters, tapirs, harpy eagles, and other endangered species survive there.· Now these animals are, basically, in the way, occupying caged needed for endangered species.· Zoos contribute substantially to the captive banks of many endangered species and those that are less rare.· It's one of a long list of endangered species in a 2 hour Central Documentary tonight.· This region of unusual geological features is home to a number of endangered species, including ocelot and jaguar.
· In the human species those burdens are represented by the acceptance of personal responsibility.· So long as the human species remains at once sentient and vulnerable, fear will influence thoughts and actions.· The human species has probably not undergone much genetic change in recorded time.· By analogy, we can see much the same process in our own human species, both biologically and culturally.· Whereupon those High Masters - the self-proclaimed servants of the Emperor - could control the entire human species galaxy-wide, almost instantaneously.· A good example is the human species.· According to Blackwell, morality involved the evolution of self-consciousness which had developed only in the human species.· No one thinks it an important proposition that what promotes survival of the human species promotes survival of the human species.
· This is a large species of eagle owl, hunting the large gerbil that lives on the short grass plains of Serengeti.· These are mainly large species of the genus Echinodorus.· It does not grow as fast as N. indicum, but the slender stalks produce more aerial leaves than the larger species.· The taller plants should be mostly Aponogeton, Echinodorus, and the larger species of Anubias and Lagenandra.· The Green Woodpecker - is the largest species of woodpecker in Britain.· Apart from E. cordifolius this is the only large species penetrating to the edge of the temperate zone.· I would have four pairs of dwarfs, or three pairs of dwarfs and one of the larger species.· The acreage set aside is one of the largest for species protected by the federal Endangered Species Act.
· Zoologists say the problem's so bad native species could be at risk.· Unchecked by natural predators and conditions, they reproduce by the millions, chasing out native species.· The new Bill covers introduced as well as native species and will allow ministers to decide which animals may be commercially bred.· However, it has been claimed that there are two native species of honey-producing wasps in California.· The three native species are all winter visitors in the central and southern parts of the region.· But 25 native species are endangered, seven to the verge of extinction.· So many have been released in the wild that they're threatening native species.· Stick to native species to ensure the tree is suitable for the soil in your area.
· As the Bishop underlines, the dark moth is not a new species.· Each year thereafter new species blow in from outside the fence and take root.· As Gould rightly assumed, vast areas of terraincognita held enormous possibilities for new and exotic species.· He was more interested in pinpointing areas where he could find the most new species.· Figure 7.1 illustrates the very obvious way in which a new fossil species may seem to be diachronous.· Smoked out An extraordinary new species has been sighted in the centre of Edinburgh recently.· Slater seems to be a new species of skinhead.· He supplied lists of fossils for publication in memoirs and described numerous new species in a great many papers.
· Dusky dolphins and Burmeister's porpoise are considerably more abundant and wide-ranging than the other three species.· They certainly go beyond the pre-linguistic prototypes of language, and demonstrate the capability of certain individual apes to outpace other species.· It is a peaceful community fish when kept with other species of similar size and behaviour.· Many other prey species flee upwards to safety rather than downwards.· Not only have tigers doubled in numbers, but other species and habitats have benefited.· One or two other species of bird have developed a much more accurate technique of finding their way in the dark.· It is adaptive for animals not to mate with members of other species.· Cultivation: Unlike the other species, this one requires a nutritious bottom.
· It is always important to find out as much as possible about the normal living conditions of a particular species.· What was unusual was that the particular species of Discula which was able to kill dogwoods could not be identified.· Under the treaty, exceptions are granted to countries who have a traditional dependence on a particular species.· The golden stripe grouper is a particular hardy species in captivity and will eat cut fish and beef or horse meat.· We have seen how the vibration frequencies may be observed and how each may be allocated to a particular symmetry species.· Every year particular species arrive and disappear, and change in absolute and relative abundance.· Often children develop animal phobias, even when they have always had good relations with a particular species of animal.· You may like to experiment with colour schemes designed to display particular fish species to best advantage.
· Today the locations of many rare or endangered species are closely guarded secrets.· Or suppose the individual is an eaglet of a rare species anxiously watched by conservationists in its nest.· Last year rare species worth half a million pounds pounds have been stolen in raids around the country.· The rule is an attempt to prevent harm to pets or rare species that may wander into the traps.· But the subject of both pieces is a rare species and one of the genuine and original characters.· Certified divers can explore the crystal waters of San Solomon Springs and night dive to see two rare aquatic species.· It is ideal for sighting rare arctic-alpine species of plant life.· This time the threat is not to man, but to rare species of seal, por poise and sea birds.
· Because they were descended from them, many sometimes descending from a single ancestral species.· The genus contains only a single species.· Humans are not the centre of life, nor is any other single species.· The cryptocorynes occur mainly in cultures of single species on overgrown river beds and are exposed to the conditions of amphibious life.· So, think wisely before you devote all your time to carp - or any other single species.· One-plant cultures of a single species developed vegetatively, occupying shallow brooks with a stony ground covered with sand, are typical.· This compares with only three species in the predator assemblage, with 66 percent consisting of a single species.· I have come to accept Joe AliTs premise that not a single species is unaffected by the rot taking place.
· The fish you first introduced were small species, and the aquarium is quite large.· Outwardly the plant resembles the small species of the submersed Sagittaria.· In fact the Minke whale, the smallest species, has always been hunted with a non-explosive grenade.· In Echinodorus this is relatively rare and is found only in the smallest species, E. quadricostatus and E. tenellus.· The tank has never had more than seven or eight small species at any time.· Only a small number of species are found in the southern temperate zone or in the tropics.· Barbel Corner gave chub, bream and smaller species.
· There are various species of Sizewell men - no, in modern political circles, Sizewell people.· Clearly this is much easier if we can associate bands in the spectrum with the various possible symmetry species.· Binding sites for ET-1 and its receptor mRNA are found in the airways and pulmonary vasculature of various species including man.· Imagine the myriads of such infrared and other pathways and signals that the various insect species must be utilizing.· There are many different kinds of mating systems in the various species of animals.· Mussels and various species of barnacle are obvious examples.
NOUN· Half the animal species of the world and 90,000 out of 250,000 known plant species, live in the rainforests.· A team of volunteers works with each animal species, and ducks are the only species fed after release, Lacye said.· Month-by-month guide to the fascinating behaviour of a wide range of different animal species.· Native peoples who depend on the forests for their livelihoods, and animal species like the Siberian tiger, have suffered.· Any animal species that happens to be superficially dull will be ignored, perhaps even maltreated.· In the meantime, what are the natural levels of social grouping for other animal species?· These have a carcinogenic effect in 39 animal species, including primates.
· The forests are home to 12 % of the world's mammal species and almost a fifth of bird species.· More than 100 bird species and 35 mammal species have been identified at the park.· The Amazon rainforests alone are home to many unique animals and to one fifth of the world's bird species.· This has profound implications for our understanding of the evolution of sexually monomorphic ornaments in many other bird species.· About 1,000 bird species are deemed at risk of extinction, and 88 of those are parrots.· Individuals of many bird species give alarm calls when they spot a dangerous predator.· Fewer than 50 bird species are polyandrous.· You can see many different bird species on the canal.
· Half the animal species of the world and 90,000 out of 250,000 known plant species, live in the rainforests.· Exactly how and when these plant species came to the Great Plains is not certain.· According to the report, traditional pasturelands support up to 200 plant species whereas modern fields support only three or four.· An aquarium is only a small water reservoir into which only a few plant species can be planted.· It argues that it is impractical for countries to protect their interests by patenting plant species.· This property has been recognised in many plant species.· There are, in fact, many animal and plant species that have taken this road.· These include dragonflies, in particular the blue tailed damselfly, and several rare plant species.
· The black and white feeds in a narrow range of tree species and when none is fruiting it eats leaves.· The defoliation oil preferred tree species is complete, with trees utterly denuded in the space of a week.· On Tobago, the fruits of the tree species had significantly more thickened layers and higher frequencies of multiple seeds and so on.· The process of both clearance and replanting continues today, although different tree species are often involved.· Over the years a mix of tree species of varying ages has been established creating valuable wildlife habitats.· Within the range of a single tree species, there may be very distinctly different assemblages of birds taking the fruits.
VERB· The birds are included in the same category as tigers on the list of most endangered species.· It is not believed that any endangered species are at risk from the fire.· More importantly, perhaps, they represent the Return of the Director, an endangered species rarely glimpsed in recent years.· Stand-alone hospitals are an endangered species unless they have a unique service to offer.· He says what endangered species conflicts are really all about is a lack of planning.· Unlawfully killing an endangered species can result in a one-year sentence and a $ 50, 000 fine.· As a result of anti-pollution laws, some companies have become endangered species. 14.· The winter-run chinook was listed as a protected species under the state and federal endangered species acts in 1989.
· He was more interested in pinpointing areas where he could find the most new species.· Under these conditions are found all the species preferring the terrestrial way of life.· Cultural behaviour is therefore most likely to be found in species that form social groups.· Find a new vent site and you are guaranteed to find new species.· It is rare to find two or more species of Cryptocoryne living together.· On examination, it was found that two species were largely insectivorous, two largely fig-eaters and five were generalist frugivores.· Research is under way at the Open University to find out which species of trees and shrubs and which management regimes are best.
· The winter-run chinook was listed as a protected species under the state and federal endangered species acts in 1989.· The plan also provided for measures to protect endangered species, protect the ozone layer and increase energy conservation.· Great economic sacrifices have been made by developers, loggers and fishermen to protect endangered species.· The legislation that exists to protect endangered species is often inadequate and lacks proper enforcement.· Yet it has no law protecting threatened species.
· Individual immortality would threaten the species as a whole - almost certainly with fatal results.· The Nature Company is no longer a threatened species.· This is a practice that has threatened several species.· As a threatened species, the snowy plover is protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.· In some regions of the state, this is threatening several species of fish, he says.· The release was part of a yearlong Towson State University study of the threatened species.· A new airport may still threaten many bird species.· Some threatened species have special qualities or abilities and may hold the key to undiscovered benefits.
Seven species of birds of prey have been observed. pandas and other endangered species (=ones that may soon no longer exist)► see thesaurus at animalCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + speciesendangered (=used about a species of which there are very few still alive, so that it may soon not exist)· The park is a sanctuary for 41 endangered species.protected· Elephants are a protected species in Indonesia.rare· The area contains many rare species of plants.common· Here you will see most of the common species of African wildlife.extinct (=no longer existing)· About a hundred species are becoming extinct every day.new (=not known about before, or not existing before)· A new species of spider has been discovered in a field in Cambridgeshire.native (=having always been in a particular country)· Desert broom is a species native to Arizona.bird/animal/plant species· You can see many different bird species on the canal.verbsa species is found somewhere· This species is found only in the Southern Hemisphere.a species lives somewhere (=used about animals)· Many rainforest species cannot live anywhere else.a species grows somewhere (=used about plants)· The species grows wild in Europe.