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infima species

infima species noun: the narrowest of species; one that that is not a genus to anything else.

Noun

infima species (plural infimae species)

  1. The narrowest of species; one that that is not a genus to anything else.
    • Every infima species of the adaptation can be related unambiguously to a[n] infima species of the standard.1993, Willem Hirs, “XV: The Use of Terminological Principles and Methods in Medicine”, in Helmi B. Sonneveld, Kurt Loening, editors, Terminology: Applications in Interdisciplinary Communication, page...
    • Combining Leibniz's view about species differentiation with his view that completed individuals constitute infima species, [DM 9; N 326] yields a promising speculation as to why he might hold that any change in property of our Adam would be a different person.1998, R. O. Savage, Real Alternatives, Leibniz's Metaphysics of Choice, page 95

Antonyms of infima species

Forms of infima species

pluralinfimae species

Origin of infima species

From Latin infima (“lowest”) + species.

Questions about infima species

What does infima species mean?
Infima species means the narrowest of species; one that that is not a genus to anything else.
What part of speech is infima species?
Infima species is a noun.
What is the plural of infima species?
The plural of infima species is infimae species.

Words near infima species in the dictionary

  1. infiltrees
  2. infiltrometer
  3. infiltrometers
  4. infiltrometry
  5. infima
  6. infima species
  7. infimae species
  8. infimal
  9. infimum
  10. infimums
  11. infin

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