species
species definition
spe·cies (-s̸hēz, -sēz)
noun pl. species -·cies
- a distinct kind; sort; variety; class a species of bravery
- Obsolete outward form, appearance, or mental image
- Obsolete specie
- Biol. a naturally existing population of similar organisms that usually interbreed only among themselves, and are given a unique, latinized binomial name to distinguish them from all other creatures
- Logic a class of individuals or objects having certain distinguishing attributes in common, given a common name, and comprised with other similar classes in a more comprehensive grouping called a genus
- Physics
- a specific kind of atomic nucleus
- nuclide
- R.C.Ch.
- the totality of natural physical characteristics (appearance, taste, etc.) of bread or wine, these characteristics remaining the same in the consecrated bread or wine of the Eucharist
- the consecrated bread or wine of the Eucharist
Etymology: L, a seeing, appearance, shape, kind, or quality < base of specere, to see: see spy
species Idioms
the species
the human race
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