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Word: Species
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Latin, literally ‘appearance, form, beauty’, from specere ‘to look’
ˈspiːʃɪz
ˈspiːʃiːz
ˈspiːsiːz
a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g. Homo sapiens.
Short Definition:group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
a kind or sort
Short Definition:kind or sort
Examples:- a species of invective at once tough and suave
the visible form of each of the elements of consecrated bread and wine in the Eucharist.
Short Definition:visible form of each of elements of consecrated bread and wine in Eucharist
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