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You pet Fido is a member of the dog species. The goldfish swimming in a bowl on your counter is in the same species as a barracuda. A species is a distinct kind or sort, specifically a group of animals or plants that have common characteristics.

All members of the same species can interbreed and produce offspring. A subspecies is a division of a species, and a genus includes several species. In Middle English, species meant "a classification in logic," borrowed from the Latin word meaning "kind, form, appearance," from the root of specere "to see."

DEFINITIONS OF: species

n (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed

Types:: show 16 types...; hide 16 types...; bacteria species
a species of bacteria; endangered species
a species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction; fish species
a species of fish; type species
(biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs; H. pylori, Heliobacter pylori
the type species of genus Heliobacter; produces urease and is associated with several gastroduodenal diseases (including gastritis and gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers and other peptic ulcers); Pseudomonas pyocanea
a species of aerobic bacteria; Aerobacter aerogenes
a species of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that produce gas and acid from sugars and are sometimes involved in the souring of milk; Agrobacterium tumefaciens
the bacteria that produce crown gall disease in plants; Calymmatobacterium granulomatis
the species of bacteria that causes granuloma inguinale; Francisella tularensis
the type species of the genus Francisella and the causal agent of tularemia in humans; can be used as a bioweapon; Serratia marcescens
the type species of the genus Serratia; a species found in water and soil and milk and foods and insects; can cause infections of the endocardium and blood and wounds and urinary tract and respiratory tract; has been tested as a bioweapon; Streptococcus anhemolyticus
a species of bacteria; Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, Queensland lungfish
an endangered species of lungfish found in rivers in Queensland; Australian arowana, Dawson River salmon, Scleropages leichardti, saratoga, spotted barramundi, spotted bonytongue
a species of large fish found in Australian rivers; Australian bonytongue, Scleropages jardinii, northern barramundi
a species of large fish found in Australian rivers; Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer, barramundi, giant perch, giant seaperch, white seabass
a species of large perch noted for its sporting and eating qualities; lives in marine, estuary, and freshwater habitats

Type of:: taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group
animal or plant group having natural relations

n a specific kind of something

“a species of molecule”

“a species of villainy”

Type of:: form, kind, sort, variety
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

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