Species
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈspiːʃiːz/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Species is a noun meaning A type or kind. (Compare race.).
Meaning
A type or kind. (Compare race.).
More Meanings
- (Christianity) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
- Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
- A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
- plural of specie
- (obsolete) An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
Example Sentences
the male species
a new species of war
What is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism.
There was, in the splendour of the Roman empire, a less quantity of current species in Europe than there is now.
Word Forms
- specieses
Synonyms for species
Depending on context, synonyms include variety.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include variety, interspecies, interspecific, taxon, speciation, genus.
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