Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - species
Species
species
n. (pl. same) 1 a class of things having some common characteristics. 2 Biol. a category in the system of classification of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. 3 a kind or sort. 4 Logic a group subordinate to a genus and containing individuals agreeing in some common attribute(s) and called by a common name. 5 Law a form or shape given to materials. 6 Eccl. the visible form of each of the elements of consecrated bread and wine in the Eucharist. Etymology: L, = appearance, kind, beauty, f. specere look
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I. noun (plural ~) see: spy Date: 14th century 1. kind, sort, a class of individuals having common attributes and designated by a common name, the human race ; human beings, d. 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, an individual or kind belonging to a biological ~, a particular kind of atomic nucleus, atom, molecule, or ion, the consecrated eucharistic elements of the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Eucharist, 3. a mental image, an object of thought correlative with a natural object, II. adjective Date: 1899 belonging to a biological ~ as distinguished from a horticultural variety ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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