noun
Meaning 1
A type or kind. (Compare race.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- the male species
- a new species of war
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
species
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/ˈspiːʃiːz/
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/ˈspiːsiːz/
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rhymes with -iːʃiːz
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rhymes with -iːsiːz
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obsolete: /ˈspiːʃi.ɪz/
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obsolete: /ˈspiːʃi.iːz/
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CMU ARPABET: S P IY1 SH IY0 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A type or kind. (Compare race.)
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
- This species of animal is unique to the area.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A type or kind. (Compare race.)
A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A type or kind. (Compare race.)
An individual or kind of a biological species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 5
A type or kind. (Compare race.)
A particular type of atom, molecule, ion or other particle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 6
A type or kind. (Compare race.)
A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Examples
- I cast the species of the Sun onto a sheet of paper through a telescope.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
Visible or perceptible presentation; appearance; something perceived.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 9
Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
plural of specie
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
a specific kind of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a species of molecule
- a species of villainy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kind, sort, form, variety
noun
Meaning 14
(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
Narrower terms: bacteria species, endangered species, fish species, type species
History
Etymology
From Latin speciēs (“appearance; quality”), from speciō (“see”) + -iēs suffix signifying abstract noun. Doublet of spice.
Across languages
Translations
162 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: soort — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Afrikaans: diersoort — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Afrikaans: plantsoort — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Afrikaans: voëlsoort — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Afrikaans: vissoort — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Albanian: specie — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Albanian: lloj — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Arabic: نَوْع (nawʕ) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Armenian: տեսակ (tesak) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Azerbaijani: növ — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Bashkir: төр (tör) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Basque: espezie — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Belarusian: від (vid) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Bengali: প্রজাতি (projati) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Bulgarian: вид (vid) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Burmese: မျိုးစိတ် (myui:cit) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Carpathian Rusyn: вид (vyd) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Catalan: espècie — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Chinese Mandarin: 物種 /物种 (zhǒnglèi) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Chinese Mandarin: 種 /种 (zhǒng) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Czech: druh — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Danish: art — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Dutch: soort — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Esperanto: specio — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Estonian: liik — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Finnish: laji — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- French: espèce — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Galician: especie — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Georgian: სახეობა (saxeoba) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- German: Art — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Greek: είδος (eídos) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Hebrew: מִין (min) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Hindi: जाति (jāti) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Hungarian: faj — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Icelandic: tegund — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Ido: speco — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Irish: speiceas — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Italian: specie — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Japanese: 種類 (shurui) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Kazakh: түр (tür) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Khmer: ប្រភេទ (prɑɑpheit) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Korean: 종류 (jongnyu) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Korean: 종 (jong) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Northern Kurdish: cor — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Northern Kurdish: cure — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Kyrgyz: түр (tür) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Lao: ສະປີຊີ (sa pī sī) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Lao: ພັນ (phan) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Lao: ເຍືີ່ອງ (ny ʼang) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Latin: speciēs — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Latvian: suga — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Lithuanian: rūšis — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Macedonian: вид (vid) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Malay: spesies — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Mongolian: зүйл (züjl) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Norwegian Bokmål: art — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Norwegian Nynorsk: art — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Pashto: نوع (naw'a) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Dari: گُونَه (gūna) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Dari: نَوع (naw') — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Iranian Persian: گونِه (gune) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Iranian Persian: نُوع (now') — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Polish: gatunek — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Portuguese: espécie — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Romanian: specie — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Russian: вид (vid) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Scottish Gaelic: gnè — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Scottish Gaelic: seòrsa — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Serbo-Croatian: вр́ста — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Serbo-Croatian: vŕsta — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Slovak: druh — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Slovene: vrsta — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Spanish: especie — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Swahili: aina — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Swedish: art — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Tagalog: espesye — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Tajik: навъ (nav') — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Tajik: гуна (guna) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Tatar: төр (tör) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Thai: ชนิด (chá-nít) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Thai: สปีชีส์ (sà-bpii-chîi) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Thai: พันธุ์ (pan) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Turkish: tür — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Ottoman Turkish: نوع (nevʼ) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Turkmen: görnüş — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Ukrainian: вид (vyd) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Urdu: نَوع (nau') — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Uyghur: تۈر (tür) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Uzbek: tur — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Vietnamese: loài — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Welsh: rhywogaeth — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Yiddish: מין (min) — group of plants or animals having similar appearance
- Afrikaans: spesie — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Albanian: specie — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Albanian: lloj — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Arabic: نَوْع (nawʕ) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Armenian: տեսակ (tesak) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Basque: espezie — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Belarusian: від (vid) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Breton: spesad — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Bulgarian: вид (vid) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Burmese: မျိုးစိတ် (myui:cit) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Catalan: espècie — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Chinese Cantonese: 種 /种 (zung2) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Chinese: 種 /种 (zh-min-nan) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Chinese Mandarin: 種 /种 (zhǒng) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Czech: druh — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Danish: art — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Dutch: soort — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Dutch: species — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Finnish: laji — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Galician: especie — rank in a taxonomic classification
- German: Art — rank in a taxonomic classification
- German: Spezies — rank in a taxonomic classification
- German: Species — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Hungarian: faj — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Icelandic: tegund — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Indonesian: spesies — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Italian: specie — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Japanese: 種 (shu) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Japanese: 類 (rui) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Japanese: 種類 (shurui) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Khmer: ប្រភេទ (prɑɑpheit) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Korean: 종류 (jongnyu) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Korean: 종 (jong) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Northern Kurdish: cor — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Macedonian: вид (vid) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Malay: spesies — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Malay: jenis — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Maltese: speċi — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Norwegian Bokmål: art — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Norwegian Nynorsk: art — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Occitan: espècia — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Iranian Persian: گونِه (gune) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Polish: gatunek — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Portuguese: espécie — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Romanian: specie — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Russian: вид (vid) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Scottish Gaelic: gnè — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Scottish Gaelic: seòrsa — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Slovak: druh — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Slovene: vrsta — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Spanish: especie — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Swahili: spishi — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Swedish: art — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Tagalog: sarihay — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Tagalog: espesye — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Tagalog: sari — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Thai: ชนิด (chá-nít) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Turkish: tür — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Ottoman Turkish: نوع (nevʼ) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Ukrainian: вид (vyd) — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Volapük: sot — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Welsh: rhywogaeth — rank in a taxonomic classification
- Catalan: espècie — mineralogy: mineral with a unique chemical formula
- Finnish: kivilaji — mineralogy: mineral with a unique chemical formula
- Catalan: espècie — the image of an object
- Finnish: heijastus — the image of an object
- Catalan: espècie — the Eucharist after consecration in Catholicism
- Danish: hostie — the Eucharist after consecration in Catholicism
- Irish: aicíd — the Eucharist after consecration in Catholicism
- Slovak: hostia — the Eucharist after consecration in Catholicism
Real reading context