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Species

Noun

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1.NounA type or kind.
"the male species; a new species of war; This species of animal is unique to the area."
2.NounA group of sexually reproducing organisms of which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance.
"This species of animal is unique to the area."
3.NounA category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.
4.NounAn individual or kind of a biological species.
5.NounA particular type of atom, molecule, ion or other particle.
6.NounA mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.
7.NounAn image, an appearance, a spectacle. The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.
"I cast the species of the Sun onto a sheet of paper through a telescope."
8.NounThe image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.
"I cast the species of the Sun onto a sheet of paper through a telescope."
9.NounVisible or perceptible presentation; appearance; something perceived.
10.NounEither of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
11.NounCoin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
12.NounA component part of compound medicine; a simple.
13.Noun↑ Jespersen, Otto (1909), A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 9.811, page 275.
14.Noun↑ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Species, sb.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 1 (Si–St), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 546, column 1: “spī·ʃiīz”
15.Nounplural of specie
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