Species Definition
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.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Species
- the species
Origin of Species
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Middle English logical classification from Latin speciēs a seeing, kind, form spek- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin speciÄ“s (“appearance; quality"), from speciō (“see") + -iÄ“s suffix signifying abstract noun.
From Wiktionary
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