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species
ˈspiːʃiːz Listen
Meanings
noun
  • 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.
  • a kind or sort.
    E.g. 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.

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