英语词汇“speciate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

speciate

释义

species /spēˈsēz, -siz, -shēz, -shiz/

noun (pl spēˈcies)

A group of individuals having common characteristics, specialized from others of the same genus (logic)
A group of individuals which can interbreed with themselves but not with other such groups, and which show morphological variation which is distinct from other such groups, taxonomically placed under a genus and with their names in italics without a capital (biology)
A type of atom, molecule or ion (chem)
A kind, sort, type
Outward appearance, visible form (obsolete except theology)
A Eucharistic element
A visual image (obsolete)

ORIGIN: L speciēs, pl -ēs appearance, kind, species, from specere to look at

spēˈciate transitive verb

speciāˈtion noun

Formation of new biological species

speciesism /spēˈshēz-izm/ noun

The assumption that man is superior to all other species of animals and that he is therefore justified in exploiting them to his own advantage

speˈciesist noun

speciocide /spēˈshē-ə-sīd/ noun

The destruction of a whole animal species

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