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species
Part of speech: NounA group of animals or plants agreeing in common characteristics and called by a common name; a subdivision of a genus or class; kind; sort; variety.
Usage examples "species":- Only shall I be distinguished when I have shown my twelve new species to mein own university." - "54-40 or Fight", Emerson Hough.
- The Piers she knew would have dashed off some species of reply at once. - "The Bars of Iron", Ethel May Dell.
- Myodes obensis appeared to be more numerous than the other species. - "The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II", A.E. Nordenskieold.