species
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
species /ˈspiːʃiːz, -ʃɪz, ˈspiːs-/
▶noun (pl. same)
- 1 Biology a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or of interbreeding, considered as the basic unit of taxonomy and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g. Homo sapiens.
- 2 a kind or sort.
- 3 Christian Church the visible form of each of the elements of consecrated bread and wine in the Eucharist.
– origin ME: from L., lit. ‘appearance, form, beauty’, from specere ‘to look’.
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acacia
- acanthus
- aconite
- acouchi
- adaptation
- adjutant
- African violet
- agave
- aggregate
- agouti
- agrion
- ailanthus
- air plant
- alder
- alerce
- alien
- alkanet
- allamanda
- allelochemical
- alligator
- alligator lizard
- allograft
- allopatric
- altricial
- alyssum
- amberjack
- ampelopsis
- anaconda
- ancestor
- anchovy
- anemone
- angelfish
- angelica
- angel shark
- anglerfish
- ani
- anoa
- anopheles
- antbird
- anteater
- aphid
- aracari
- archerfish
- argentine
- armadillo
- army ant
- army worm
- arnica
- arrowhead
- arrow worm
