Specie vs. Species

Specienoun

Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.

Specienoun

Money, especially in the form of coins made from precious metal, that has an intrinsic value; coinage.

Specienoun

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Specie

abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie, that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.

Specienoun

Coin; hard money.

Specienoun

coins collectively

Speciesnoun

Type or kind. race.}}

Speciesnoun

A group of plants or animals having similar appearance.

Speciesnoun

(taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below genus and above subspecies; a taxon at that rank.

Speciesnoun

(mineralogy) A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.

Speciesnoun

An image, an appearance, a spectacle.

Speciesnoun

(obsolete) The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.

Speciesnoun

Visible or perceptible presentation; appearance; something perceived.

Speciesnoun

A public spectacle or exhibition.

Speciesnoun

(Christianity) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.

Speciesnoun

Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.

Speciesnoun

A component part of compound medicine; a simple.

Speciesnoun

An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; especially, one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.

Species

Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image.

Species

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.

Species

In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation.

Species

A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth.

Species

Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.

Species

A public spectacle or exhibition.

Species

A component part of a compound medicine; a simple.

Species

The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure.

Speciesnoun

(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed

Speciesnoun

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g. Homo sapiens.

Speciesnoun

a group subordinate to a genus and containing individuals agreeing in some common attributes and called by a common name.

Speciesnoun

a kind or sort

Speciesnoun

used humorously to refer to people who share a characteristic or occupation

Speciesnoun

a particular kind of atom, molecule, ion, or particle

Speciesnoun

the visible form of each of the elements of consecrated bread and wine in the Eucharist.

Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.