English Explanatory Dictionary

species

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type or kind. (Compare race.)
  2. 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.
  3. A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.
  4. An individual or kind of a biological species.
  5. A particular type of atom, molecule, ion or other particle.
  6. A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.
  7. An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
  8. The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.
  9. Visible or perceptible presentation; appearance; something perceived.
  10. Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
  11. Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
  12. A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
noun
  1. plural of specie

Pronunciation

/ˈspiːʃiːz/ /ˈspiːsiːz/ en-us-species.ogg /ˈspiːʃi.ɪz/ /ˈspiːʃi.iːz/

Word forms

species specieses

Etymology

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

Related words

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

Derived words

adventive species aggregate species alien species allospecies biospecies chemical species chronospecies closed species cloud species coenospecies collective species cospecies counterspecies cryptic species cryptospecies cytospecies ecospecies endangered species ethnospecies ethospecies exotic species flagship species foreign species genomospecies genospecies heterospecies host species ichnospecies immigrant species immunospecies infima species infraspecies intentional species interspecies intraspecies introduced species invasive species keystone species Lazarus species macrospecies microspecies monospecies morphospecies multispecies native species neospecies nonindigenous species non-native species nonspecies nothospecies octave species oospecies open species paraspecies phenospecies phylospecies pioneer species protospecies pseudospecies quasispecies

Translations

Afrikaans: soort Afrikaans: diersoort Afrikaans: plantsoort Afrikaans: voëlsoort Afrikaans: vissoort Albanian: specie Albanian: lloj Arabic: نَوْع Armenian: տեսակ Azerbaijani: növ Bashkir: төр Basque: espezie Belarusian: від Bengali: প্রজাতি Bulgarian: вид Burmese: မျိုးစိတ် Carpathian Rusyn: вид Catalan: espècie Chinese Mandarin: 物種 /物种 Chinese Mandarin: 種 /种 Czech: druh Danish: art Dutch: soort Estonian: liik Finnish: laji French: espèce Galician: especie Georgian: სახეობა German: Art Greek: είδος Hebrew: מִין Hindi: जाति Hungarian: faj Icelandic: tegund Ido: speco Irish: speiceas Italian: specie Japanese: 種類 Kazakh: түр Khmer: ប្រភេទ Korean: 종류 Korean: 종 Northern Kurdish: cor Northern Kurdish: cure Kyrgyz: түр Lao: ສະປີຊີ Lao: ພັນ Lao: ເຍືີ່ອງ Latin: speciēs Latvian: suga
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