Etymology : from in specie, from Latin, in kind
Pronunciation : 'spE-shE, -sE
Function : noun
Date : 1617
1. most basic biological classification comprised of individuals that are able to breed with each other but not with others, subdivision of a genus; sort, class, kind; human race, mankind. incipient species.
2. Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation.
6. A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth.
7. Coin, or coined silver, gold, ot other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
8. A public spectacle or exhibition.
9. A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
10. An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp., one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.
11. The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure. a specific kind of something; "a species of molecule"; "a species of villainy" taxonomic group whose members can interbreed.
12. abl. of L. species sort, kind.
13. Used in the phrase in specie, that is, in sort, in kind, in form.
14. Coin; hard money.
15. A species is a class of plants or animals whose members have the same main characteristics and are able to breed with each other. Pandas are an endangered species There are several thousand species of trees here. W3 species a group of animals or plants whose members are similar and can breed together to produce young animals or plants. Subdivision of biological classification composed of related organisms that share common characteristics and can interbreed. Organisms are grouped into species according to their outer similarities, but more important in classifying organisms that reproduce sexually is their ability to interbreed successfully. To be members of the same species, individuals must be able to mate and produce viable offspring. Because genetic variations originate in individuals which then pass on their variations only within the species, it is at the species level that evolution takes place (see:
speciation). The international system of binomial nomenclature assigns new species a two-part name. nuclear species endangered species extinction of species.