species

/ˈspiːʃiːz/

noun 5

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(noun.)

ADJ

living | extinct | common | rare | different, distinct

The biologist studied several related species of fish found in the same river.

animal, bird, fish, insect, mammal/mammalian, plant, tree, etc.

Scientists discovered three new insect species in the rainforest last year.

human

The human species has lived on Earth for millions of years.

SPECIES + VERB

be found, grow, live, occur

Rare bird species live in the protected forests of this national park.

be threatened with extinction, become extinct, die out | survive

PREP

~ of

Scientists discovered a rare species of butterfly living in the Amazon rainforest.

PHRASES

a member of a species

Definitions

noun

A type or kind. (Compare race.)

the male species

a new species of war

A type or kind. (Compare race.)

This species of animal is unique to the area.

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.

A type or kind. (Compare race.)

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.

Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.

A type or kind. (Compare race.)

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the male species

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a new species of war

Wiktionary

What is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism.

Wiktionary

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

Tatoeba · #2295

Environmental changes gave rise to new species.

Tatoeba · #21022

Although rainforests make up only two percent of the earth's surface, over half the world's wild plant, animal and insect species live there.

Tatoeba · #26666

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