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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin speciēs (“appearance; quality”), from speciō (“see”) + -iēs suffix signifying abstract noun. Doublet of spice.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈspiːʃiːz/, /ˈspiːsiːz/. Some speakers pronounce the singular with -ɪz, the plural with -iːz.
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːʃiːz, -iːsiːz
Noun[edit]
species (plural species or (rare, nonstandard) specieses)
- Type or kind. (Compare race.)
- the male species
- a new species of war
- 1871, Richard Holt Hutton, Essays, Theological and Literary
- What is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism.
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 122:
- He went on kissing her with unflagging industry, while she remained limply in his arms, in a species of satisfied trance.
- A group of plants or animals having similar appearance.
- This species of animal is unique to the area.
- 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 2, page 103:
- 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.
- 2012 January 1, Donald Worster, “A Drier and Hotter Future”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 70:
- We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
- 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.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:
- Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
- 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
- Plant breeding is always a numbers game. […] The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
- (chemistry, physics) A particular type of atom, molecule, ion or other particle.
- (mineralogy) A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.
- An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
- (obsolete) The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.
- I cast the species of the Sun onto a sheet of paper through a telescope.
- Visible or perceptible presentation; appearance; something perceived.
- 1668, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, M. DC. LXVI. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], OCLC 1064438096, (please specify the stanza number):
- Wit, […] the faculty of imagination in the writer, which searches over all the memory for the species or ideas of those things which it designs to represent.
- 1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], OCLC 1118497469:
- the species of the letters illuminated with indigo and violet
- (obsolete) The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.
- (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.
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures
- There was, in the splendour of the Roman empire, a less quantity of current species in Europe than there is now.
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures
- A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
Usage notes[edit]
- species is its own plural; specie is a separate word that means coin money.
- (biology, taxonomy): See species name, binomial nomenclature.
Derived terms[edit]
- aggregate species
- biospecies
- chemical species
- chronospecies
- cloud species
- coenospecies
- cospecies
- ecospecies
- endangered species
- ethospecies
- genomospecies
- genospecies
- heterospecies
- host species
- ichnospecies
- infraspecies
- intentional species
- interspecies
- intraspecies
- introduced species
- invasive species
- keystone species
- microspecies
- monospecies
- morphospecies
- multispecies
- native species
- neospecies
- nothospecies
- oospecies
- paraspecies
- phenospecies
- phylospecies
- pioneer species
- quasispecies
- ribospecies
- ring species
- semispecies
- species complex
- species dysphoria
- species epithet
- speciesism
- speciesist
- specieslike
- species name
- specieswide
- subspecies
- superspecies
- threatened species
- transspecies
- type species
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
group of plants or animals having similar appearance
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rank in a taxonomic classification
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the Eucharist after consecration in Catholicism
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See also[edit]
- race
- (taxonomy, rank):
References[edit]
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “species”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Noun[edit]
species
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Noun[edit]
species
- Plural form of specie
Synonyms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From speciō (“see”) + -iēs suffix signifying abstract noun.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspe.ki.eːs/, [ˈs̠pɛkieːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspe.t͡ʃi.es/, [ˈspɛːt͡ʃies]
Noun[edit]
speciēs f (genitive speciēī); fifth declension
- a seeing, view, look
- a spectacle, sight
- Synonym: faciēs
- external appearance, looks; general outline or shape
- semblance, pretence, pretext, outward show (per + genitive)
- show, display
- point of view, perspective
- 2021 August, Ross Douthat, “Catholic Ideas and Catholic Realities”, in First Things:
- Sub specie aeternitatis no political system is perfect, and no political system final.
- From the perspective of eternity, ....
- (figuratively) vision, dream, apparition
- (figuratively) honor, reputation
- (figuratively) a kind, quality, type
- (law, later) a special case
Declension[edit]
Fifth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | speciēs | speciēs |
Genitive | speciēī | speciērum |
Dative | speciēī | speciēbus |
Accusative | speciem | speciēs |
Ablative | speciē | speciēbus |
Vocative | speciēs | speciēs |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “species”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “species”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- species in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to see something in a dream: in somnis videre aliquid or speciem
- I saw a vision in my dreams: species mihi dormienti oblata est
- an ideal: species optima or eximia, specimen, also simply species, forma
- to have formed an ideal notion of a thing: comprehensam quandam animo speciem (alicuius rei) habere
- to pass as a man of great learning: magnam doctrinae speciem prae se ferre
- to analyse a general division into its specific parts: genus universum in species certas partiri et dividere (Or. 33. 117)
- to have the appearance of something: speciem alicuius rei habere
- to give the impression of...; have the outward aspect of..: speciem alicuius rei praebere
- to give the impression of...; have the outward aspect of..: speciem prae se ferre
- apparently; to look at: in speciem
- apparently; to look at: per speciem (alicuius rei)
- (ambiguous) in truth; really: re (vera), reapse (opp. specie)
- (ambiguous) apparently; to look at: specie (De Amic. 13. 47)
- to see something in a dream: in somnis videre aliquid or speciem
- Dizionario Latino, Olivetti
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