Species
['spiːʃiːz;-ʃɪz;'spiːs-] or ['spiʃiz]
Definition
(noun.) a specific kind of something; 'a species of molecule'; 'a species of villainy'.
(noun.) (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed.
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Definition
(n.) Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image.
(n.) A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species.
(n.) In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation.
(n.) A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth.
(n.) Coin, or coined silver, gold, ot other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
(n.) A public spectacle or exhibition.
(n.) A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
(n.) An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp., one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.
(n.) The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Group (subordinate to a genus).[2]. Kind, sort, description, variety.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ACCOST_and_CONVERSE]
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Examples
- I have as yet spoken as if the varieties of the same species were invariably fertile when intercrossed. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Of the species which do change, only a few within the same country change at the same time; and all modifications are slowly effected. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Races came and went, species passed away, but ever new species arose, more lovely, or equally lovely, always surpassing wonder. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The difficulty in distinguishing variable species is largely due to the varieties mocking, as it were, other species of the same genus. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- What had caused this species to die out? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Undoubtedly many cases occur in which we cannot explain how the same species could have passed from one point to the other. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Both species of the sequoias are evergreen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In this respect, therefore, the species of the larger genera resemble varieties, more than do the species of the smaller genera. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The results of th is would be the formation of a new species. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Several cases are on record of the same species presenting varieties in the upper and lower parts of the same formation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Wandering savages or the inhabitants of open plains rarely possess more than one breed of the same species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Here is a waste of land that might afford subsistence for so many of the human species. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- H istor y of Bodily Pains, as species of Touch. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If such gradations were not all fully preserved, transitional varieties would merely appear as so many new, though closely allied species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But why this should be a law of nature if each species has been independently created no man can explain. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I have as yet spoken as if the varieties of the same species were invariably fertile when intercrossed. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Of the species which do change, only a few within the same country change at the same time; and all modifications are slowly effected. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Races came and went, species passed away, but ever new species arose, more lovely, or equally lovely, always surpassing wonder. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The difficulty in distinguishing variable species is largely due to the varieties mocking, as it were, other species of the same genus. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- What had caused this species to die out? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Undoubtedly many cases occur in which we cannot explain how the same species could have passed from one point to the other. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Both species of the sequoias are evergreen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In this respect, therefore, the species of the larger genera resemble varieties, more than do the species of the smaller genera. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The results of th is would be the formation of a new species. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Several cases are on record of the same species presenting varieties in the upper and lower parts of the same formation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Wandering savages or the inhabitants of open plains rarely possess more than one breed of the same species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Here is a waste of land that might afford subsistence for so many of the human species. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- H istor y of Bodily Pains, as species of Touch. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If such gradations were not all fully preserved, transitional varieties would merely appear as so many new, though closely allied species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But why this should be a law of nature if each species has been independently created no man can explain. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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