单词 | species |
释义 | species1 of 2noun spe·cies ˈspē-(ˌ)shēz -(ˌ)sēz plural species 1 a : kind, sort b : a class of individuals having common attributes and designated by a common name specifically : a logical division of a genus or more comprehensive class confessing sins in species and in number c : the human race : human beings —often used with the survival of the species in the nuclear age d(1) : a category of biological classification ranking immediately below the genus or subgenus, comprising related organisms or populations potentially capable of interbreeding, and being designated by a binomial that consists of the name of a genus followed by a Latin or latinized uncapitalized noun or adjective agreeing grammatically with the genus name (2) : an individual or kind belonging to a biological species e : a particular kind of atomic nucleus, atom, molecule, or ion 2 : the consecrated eucharistic elements of the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Eucharist 3 a : a mental image also : a sensible object b : an object of thought correlative with a natural object species 2 of 2adjective : belonging to a biological species as distinguished from a horticultural variety a species rose species noun1 as in type one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic a music that is now generally regarded as a distinct species of rap Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance
2 as in kind a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common in the late 1960s there emerged a new species of actor: edgy and not conventionally handsome Synonyms & Similar Words
3 as in world human beings in general the future of the species may well depend on our willingness to limit the impact of an ever-increasing population Synonyms & Similar Words
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