species

Meaning

1. Type or kind. (Compare race.)
2. Type or kind. (Compare race.)
3. Type or kind. (Compare race.)
4. Type or kind. (Compare race.)
5. Type or kind. (Compare race.)
6. (obsolete) An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
7. An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
8. Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
9. Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
10. A component part of compound medicine; a simple.

Concepts

species

kind

sort

type

class

variety

race

genus

family

breed

tribe

form

category

seed

strain

group

clan

genre

origin

pair

variation

stock

division

sp.

set

gender

ilk

item

stripe

lineage

style

progeny

source

community

combination

pedigree

heredity

seeds

order

rank

distinction

kinds

series

caste

nation

nationality

company

denomination

flock

herd

party

sect

quantity

ancestry

descent

quality

color

colour

appearance

image

similarity

brood

gene

issue

kin

sex

article

brand

character

commodity

line

specimen

ware

grow

plant

tea

rain tree

biological species

degeneracy

description

stamp

grass

assortment

version

all kinds

various kinds

respectively

descendants

posterity

characteristics

art form

generic group

people

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspiːʃiːz/

Etymology

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

Sentences

The species was originally considered already extinct at the time of its discovery .

Bathycongrus gattulatus is a species of genus Bathycongrus, family Congridae.