speciose

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English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

Italian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

speciose

  1. feminine plural of specioso

Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

speciōse

  1. vocative masculine singular of speciōsus

References[edit]

  • 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
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