species
IPA: spˈiʃiz
noun
- Type or kind. (Compare race.)
- A group of plants or animals in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.
- (chemistry, physics) A particular type of atom, molecule, ion or other particle.
- (mineralogy) A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.
- An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
- (obsolete) The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.
- Visible or perceptible presentation; appearance; something perceived.
- (Christianity) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
- Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
- A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
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Examples of "species" in Sentences
- There is a variance in species of animals.
- Cow dung is the waste of bovine animal species.
- Why is the Red fox in the invasive species category
- The name of the species refers to the nose shape of the animal.
- The color of the body of the animal in this species is pale gray.
- One species, the Whiskered Treeswift, is a species of primary forest.
- The baby proved to be a mixture of the ape species and the human species.
- The taxonomy, evolution and fossil species form the majority of the article.
- The main commercial species in the high seas are the highly migratory species.
- The species might cohabit with other species that are too large for it to eat.