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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024spe•cies /ˈspiʃiz, -siz/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -cies. - a distinct group, sort, or kind of individuals having some common characteristics, as of animals or plants that can breed among themselves, but not outside their group.
- the human race;
humankind:[the + ~]Is the species threatened with extinction?
See -spec-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spe•cies (spē′shēz, -sēz),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cies, adj. n. - a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities;
distinct sort or kind. - Biologythe major subdivision of a genus or subgenus, regarded as the basic category of biological classification, composed of related individuals that resemble one another, are able to breed among themselves, but are not able to breed with members of another species.
- Philosophy[Logic.]
- one of the classes of things included with other classes in a genus.
- the set of things within one of these classes.
- Religion[Eccles.]
- the external form or appearance of the bread or the wine in the Eucharist.
- either of the Eucharistic elements.
- Currency[Obs.]specie;
coin. - the species, the human race;
mankind:a study of the species.
adj. - Botany[Hort.]pertaining to a plant that is a representative member of a species, one that is not a hybrid or variety:a species rose; a species gladiolus.
- Latin speciēs appearance, form, sort, kind, equivalent. to spec(ere) to look, regard + -iēs abstract noun, nominal suffix
- 1545–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: species /ˈspiːʃiːz; Latin: ˈspiːʃɪˌiːz/ n ( pl -cies)- any of the taxonomic groups into which a genus is divided, the members of which are capable of interbreeding: often containing subspecies, varieties, or races. A species is designated in italics by the genus name followed by the specific name, for example Felis domesticus (the domestic cat)
Abbreviation: sp - the animals of such a group
- any group of related animals or plants not necessarily of this taxonomic rank
- (modifier) denoting a plant that is a natural member of a species rather than a hybrid or cultivar: a species clematis
- a group of objects or individuals, all sharing at least one common attribute, that forms a subdivision of a genus
- a kind, sort, or variety: a species of treachery
- chiefly the outward form of the bread and wine in the Eucharist
- obsolete an outward appearance or form
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin: appearance, from specere to look |