speciose

English

Adjective

speciose (comparative more speciose, superlative most speciose)

1. (taxonomy) Rich in species, such as when many species are members of a single genus.
   • 1991, David M. Raup, Extinction: Bad genes or bad luck?, W. W. Norton and Company, pp 55-56,

     The most speciose living mammal genus (a small insectivore) has about 160 species.

Antonyms

• oligospecific
• paucispecific

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Italian

Adjective

speciose

1. feminine plural of specioso

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Latin

Adjective

speciōse

1. vocative masculine singular of speciōsus

References

• speciose in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• speciose in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• speciose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette