specieses

Noun

species (countable and uncountable, plural species or (rare, nonstandard) specieses)

1. A type or kind. (Compare race.)
   • the male species
   1. A group of sexually reproducing organisms of which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance.
      • This species of animal is unique to the area.
   2. A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.
      • Hence, in determining whether a form should be ranked as a species or a variety, the opinion of naturalists having sound judgment and wide experience seems the only guide to follow.1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Variation under Nature”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 47
   3. An individual or kind of a biological species.
   4. A particular type of atom, molecule, ion or other particle.
   5. A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.

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