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species
English
Etymology
From Latin speci?s (“appearance; quality”), from speci? (“see”) + -i?s suffix signifying abstract noun. Doublet of spice
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spi??i?z/, /?spi?si?z/. Some speakers pronounce the singular with -?z, the plural with -i?z.
Noun
species (plural species or (rare, nonstandard) specieses)
- Type or kind. (Compare race.)
- 1871, Richard Holt Hutton, Essays, Theological and Literary
- What is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism.
- A group of plants or animals having similar appearance.
- (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
- 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, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
- (chemistry, physics) A particular type of atom, molecule, ion or other particle.
- (mineralogy) A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.
- 1871, Richard Holt Hutton, Essays, Theological and Literary
- An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
- (obsolete) The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.
- Visible or perceptible presentation; appearance; something perceived.
- Wit, […] the faculty of imagination in the writer, which searches over all the memory for the species or ideas of those things which it designs to represent.
- the species of the letters illuminated with indigo and violet
- A public spectacle or exhibition.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- (obsolete) The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.
- (Christianity) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
- Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures
- There was, in the splendour of the Roman empire, a less quantity of current species in Europe than there is now.
- 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures
- A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
- An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; especially, one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Thomas de Quincey to this entry?)
Usage notes
- species is its own plural; specie is a separate word that means coin money.
- (biology, taxonomy): See species name, binomial nomenclature.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- race
- (taxonomy, rank):
- domain
- kingdom
- phylum/division
- class
- order
- family
- genus
- superspecies
- species
- subspecies, form
- (botany, horticulture): variety, cultivar
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “species”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Noun
species
- plural of specie
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
species
- Plural form of specie
Synonyms
- speciën
Latin
Etymology
From speci? (“see”) + -i?s suffix signifying abstract noun.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?spe.ki.e?s/, [?s?p?kie?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?spe.t??i.es/, [?sp??t??i?s]
Noun
speci?s f (genitive speci??); fifth declension
- a seeing, view, look
- a spectacle, sight
- external appearance, looks; general outline or shape
- semblance, pretence, pretext, outward show
- show, display
- (figuratively) vision, dream, apparition
- (figuratively) honor, reputation
- (figuratively) a kind, quality, type
- (law, later) a special case
Declension
Fifth-declension noun.
Derived terms
- speci?tim
Descendants
References
- species in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- species in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- species in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
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heterograft
English
Etymology
From hetero- +? graft.
Noun
heterograft (plural heterografts)
- A tissue graft taken from a species different from that of the recipient.
Verb
heterograft (third-person singular simple present heterografts, present participle heterografting, simple past and past participle heterografted)
- To perform a tissue graft using tissue taken from a species different from that of the recipient.
Synonyms
- xenograft
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