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单词 species
释义

species /spēˈsēz, -siz, -shēz, -shiz/

noun (pl spēˈcies)
  1. A group of individuals having common characteristics, specialized from others of the same genus (logic)
  2. A group of individuals which can interbreed with themselves but not with other such groups, and which show morphological variation which is distinct from other such groups, taxonomically placed under a genus and with their names in italics without a capital (biology)
  3. A type of atom, molecule or ion (chem)
  4. A kind, sort, type
  5. Outward appearance, visible form (obsolete except theology)
  6. A Eucharistic element
  7. A visual image (obsolete)
ORIGIN: L speciēs, pl -ēs appearance, kind, species, from specere to look at

spēˈciate transitive verb

speciāˈtion noun

Formation of new biological species

speciesism /spēˈshēz-izm/ noun

The assumption that man is superior to all other species of animals and that he is therefore justified in exploiting them to his own advantage

speˈciesist noun

speciocide /spēˈshē-ə-sīd/ noun

The destruction of a whole animal species

infima species /inˈfi-mə spēˈshēz or ēnˈfi-ma spekˈi-ās/ (LL)

noun (pl infimae /-ē/ species)

The lowest species included in a genus or class

specie /spēˈshē or -shi-ē/

noun

Coined money

ORIGIN: L, ablative of speciēs kind; formerly used of payment or requital in the same kind (in speciē)

in specie

  1. In coin
  2. In kind

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