Word Meaning

species definition and meaning

abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie, that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.
n. Coin; hard money.
n. Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image.
n. A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species.
n. In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation.
n. A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth.
n. Coin, or coined silver, gold, ot other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
n. A public spectacle or exhibition.
n. A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
n. An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp., one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.
n. The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure.

Crossword clues for species

- Animal type
- Distinct kind of organism
- Distinct sort or kind
- Distinct variety
- Division of a genus
- Group of similar living organisms
- Small pieces scattered to give distinct variety
- Taxonomic group
- Taxonomic unit below a genus
- Type, order or classification