Dictionary

species en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈspiːsiːz/
• (US) audio
• /ˈspiːʃi.ɪz/ (obsolete)
• /ˈspiːʃiːz/
• /ˈspiːʃi.iːz/ (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin speciēs (“appearance; quality”), from speciō (“see”) + -iēs suffix signifying abstract noun. Doublet of spice.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A type or kind. (Compare race.)
   • a new species of war
   • What is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism. 1871, Richard Holt Hutton, Essays, Theological and Literary:
   • He went on kissing her with unflagging industry, while she remained limply in his arms, in a species of satisfied trance. 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 122:
   • the male species
2. (form-of, plural) plural of specie
   form of specie
3. (countable, uncountable) A type or kind. (Compare race.) ▸ A group of sexually reproducing organisms of which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance.
   • Louise felt raised above her species; a voice had spoken within her inmost soul, whose revealings were vouchsafed but to the chosen few; and what had been indifference, was now disdain. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 103:
   • We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. 2012 January 14, Donald Worster, “A Drier and Hotter Future”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 70:
   • This species of animal is unique to the area.
   • Westerlund News Reporter Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani reached out recently to her viewers with a wartime plea for unity and cooperation among all galactic species. UPDATED Her sincerity touched extranet viewers and donations for war relief efforts are pouring in, both to the Alliance and its alien allies. 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: War Assets: Khalisah Bint Sinan al-Jilani:
4. (countable, uncountable) A type or kind. (Compare race.) ▸ A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.
   • Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
   • Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
   • Hence, in determining whether a form should be ranked as a species or a variety, the opinion of naturalists having sound judgment and wide experience seems the only guide to follow. 1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Variation under Nature”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 47:
5. (countable, uncountable) A type or kind. (Compare race.) ▸ An individual or kind of a biological species.
6. (countable, uncountable) A type or kind. (Compare race.) ▸ A particular type of atom, molecule, ion or other particle.
7. (countable, uncountable) A type or kind. (Compare race.) ▸ A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.
8. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An image, an appearance, a spectacle. ▸ The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.
   • I cast the species of the Sun onto a sheet of paper through a telescope.
9. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An image, an appearance, a spectacle. ▸ Visible or perceptible presentation; appearance; something perceived.
   • the species of the letters illuminated with indigo and violet 1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
   • Wit,[…]the faculty of imagination in the writer, which searches over all the memory for the species or ideas of those things which it designs to represent. 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):
10. (countable, uncountable) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
11. (countable, uncountable) Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
    • There was, in the splendour of the Roman empire, a less quantity of current species in Europe than there is now. 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures:
12. (countable, uncountable) A component part of compound medicine; a simple.

Forms

Deriveds

species-rich · counterspecies · sibling species · specicide · introduced species · species flock · species swarm · oospecies · speciesless · phylospecies · nonspecies · ethnospecies · conspecies · chronospecies · speciation · semispecies · host species · species complex · ichnospecies · subspecies · ethospecies · species dysphoria · trophospecies · neospecies · intentional species · pioneer species · cryptic species · genomospecies · paraspecies · underspecies · flagship species · specieslike · species group · species barrier · conspecific · protospecies · supraspecies · biospecies · intraspecies · specific · keystone species · speciecide · coenospecies · species name · invasive species · threatened species · closed species · Lazarus species · microspecies · species problem · quasispecies · species-monger · ring species · phenospecies · adventive species · interspecies · multispecies · type species · transspecies · cryptospecies · cloud species · heterospecies · species-ism · species epithet · allospecies · native species · alien species · superspecies · non-native species · nothospecies · immigrant species · chemical species · cytospecies · endangered species · foreign species · monospecies · genospecies · aggregate species · nonindigenous species · speciesism · reactive oxygen species · pseudospecies · macrospecies · ribospecies · speciesist · octave species · morphospecies · immunospecies · exotic species · specieswide · infima species · species aggregate · infraspecies · ecospecies · collective species · cospecies · open species

Relateds

genus (taxonomy, rank) · phylum (taxonomy, rank) · speciation · speciose · cultivar (taxonomy, rank) · family (taxonomy, rank) · division (taxonomy, rank) · specific · speciate · subspecies (taxonomy, rank) · order (taxonomy, rank) · speculative · domain (taxonomy, rank) · variety (taxonomy, rank) · superspecies (taxonomy, rank) · speculate · speculator · spectacular · speculation · race · spectacle · class (taxonomy, rank) · specious · specie · form (taxonomy, rank) · kingdom (taxonomy, rank)

Translations (163)

fa-ira گونِه (rank in a taxonomic classification) · cs druh (rank in a taxonomic classification) · tl espesye (rank in a taxonomic classification) · de Art (rank in a taxonomic classification) · hy տեսակ (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ka სახეობა (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · fi laji (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · br spesad (rank in a taxonomic classification) · uz tur (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · mt speċi (rank in a taxonomic classification) · cmn 種 /种 (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · hu faj (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ba төр (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · sv art (rank in a taxonomic classification) · kk түр (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · da hostie (the Eucharist after consecration in Catholicism) · tr tür (rank in a taxonomic classification) · cmn 物種 /物种 (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · af plantsoort (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · be від (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · gd gnè (rank in a taxonomic classification) · ca espècie (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · mk вид (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · he מִין (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · sl vrsta (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ko 종 (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · da art (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · hi जाति (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · eo specio (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ko 종류 (rank in a taxonomic classification) · af soort (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · sq specie (rank in a taxonomic classification) · cy rhywogaeth (rank in a taxonomic classification) · et liik (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ru вид (rank in a taxonomic classification) · sw spishi (rank in a taxonomic classification) · de Art (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · is tegund (rank in a taxonomic classification) · sq specie (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · vi loài (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · kmr cure (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · nb art (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · sq lloj (rank in a taxonomic classification) · ca espècie (mineralogy: mineral with a unique chemical formula) · ca espècie (rank in a taxonomic classification) · ko 종류 (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · sw aina (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ota نوع (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ja 種 (rank in a taxonomic classification) · pt espécie (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ms spesies (rank in a taxonomic classification) · sv art (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · fa-ira گونِه (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · nn art (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · gd seòrsa (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · cy rhywogaeth (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · nn art (rank in a taxonomic classification) · el είδος (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · lt rūšis (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · pl gatunek (rank in a taxonomic classification) · ota نوع (rank in a taxonomic classification) · cmn 種 /种 (rank in a taxonomic classification) · cs druh (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · de Species (rank in a taxonomic classification) · it specie (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · bg вид (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · fi heijastus (the image of an object) · tg гуна (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · nl soort (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · th ชนิด (rank in a taxonomic classification) · sk hostia (the Eucharist after consecration in Catholicism) · nl species (rank in a taxonomic classification) · gl especie (rank in a taxonomic classification) · fa-ira نُوع (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · da art (rank in a taxonomic classification) · ky түр (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ja 類 (rank in a taxonomic classification) · lo ເຍືີ່ອງ (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · hu faj (rank in a taxonomic classification) · lo ສະປີຊີ (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ca espècie (the image of an object) · ca espècie (the Eucharist after consecration in Catholicism) · gd seòrsa (rank in a taxonomic classification) · ga speiceas (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ja 種類 (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ga aicíd (the Eucharist after consecration in Catholicism) · tr tür (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · fi laji (rank in a taxonomic classification) · be від (rank in a taxonomic classification) · ro specie (rank in a taxonomic classification) · es especie (rank in a taxonomic classification) · sq lloj (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · id spesies (rank in a taxonomic classification) · sl vrsta (rank in a taxonomic classification) · gl especie (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ps نوع (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · mk вид (rank in a taxonomic classification) · ug تۈر (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ar نَوْع (rank in a taxonomic classification) · de Spezies (rank in a taxonomic classification) · my မျိုးစိတ် (rank in a taxonomic classification) · fi kivilaji (mineralogy: mineral with a unique chemical formula) · eu espezie (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · tt төр (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ko 종 (rank in a taxonomic classification) · bn প্রজাতি (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · nan-hbl 種 /种 (rank in a taxonomic classification) · sk druh (rank in a taxonomic classification) · af diersoort (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ja 種類 (rank in a taxonomic classification) · tl sari (rank in a taxonomic classification) · yue 種 /种 (rank in a taxonomic classification) · it specie (rank in a taxonomic classification) · rue вид (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · km ប្រភេទ (rank in a taxonomic classification) · my မျိုးစိတ် (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · nb art (rank in a taxonomic classification) · uk вид (rank in a taxonomic classification) · yi מין (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · oc espècia (rank in a taxonomic classification) · lv suga (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · kk түр (rank in a taxonomic classification) · ur نَوع (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · la speciēs (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · nl soort (rank in a taxonomic classification) · km ប្រភេទ (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · az növ (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · pl gatunek (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · sh вр́ста (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ru вид (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · gd gnè (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · fr espèce (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · io speco (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · sh vŕsta (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · th ชนิด (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · kmr cor (rank in a taxonomic classification) · ro specie (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · af spesie (rank in a taxonomic classification) · uk вид (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ms jenis (rank in a taxonomic classification) · kmr cor (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · prs نَوع (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · af voëlsoort (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · lo ພັນ (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ms spesies (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · bg вид (rank in a taxonomic classification) · pt espécie (rank in a taxonomic classification) · tk görnüş (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · af vissoort (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · sk druh (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · prs گُونَه (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · th พันธุ์ (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · hy տեսակ (rank in a taxonomic classification) · th สปีชีส์ (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · ar نَوْع (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · is tegund (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · mn зүйл (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · eu espezie (rank in a taxonomic classification) · es especie (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · tg навъ (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · tl espesye (group of plants or animals having similar appearance) · tl sarihay (rank in a taxonomic classification) · vo sot (rank in a taxonomic classification)

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