[ UK /spˈiːsiːz/ ]
[ US /ˈspiʃiz/ ]
NOUN
  1. a specific kind of something
    a species of molecule
    a species of villainy
  2. (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
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How To Use species In A Sentence

  • So far, only a couple of the trees (literally two) have been found to be successful in fending off beetle attacks, using chemical and physical responses similar to those in lower-elevation tree species, such as lodgepole pine and Douglas fir. Louisa Willcox: Whitebark Pine: Functionally Gone in Much of the Greater Yellowstone
  • The human species has not evolved such that it can tolerate sitting in that southwesterly location, behind uninsulated glass, leaning on a heat absorbing table of dark steel and not be grossly uncomfortable.
  • Botanical species in this ancient ecosystem included sagebrush, bluegrass, sedges, and herbs.
  • This white-naped mangabey monkey was born at The Bioparco Zoo in Rome, Italy, and is part of an international breeding program to keep the species alive.
  • Moreover, see whether the term rendered fail to be the genus of anything at all; for then clearly it also fails to be the genus of the species mentioned. Topics
  • The visual system of most bird species, including all passerine birds tested to date, is sensitive to UV wavelengths.
  • A study by Conservation International, an American organisation, found that nearly a third of frogs, toads, newts and other amphibian species were likely to disappear within 100 years.
  • As many as 30 different species grow, among them Alpine bartsia Bartsia alpina, Alpine bistort Polygonum viviparum, Unalaska fleabane Erigeron humilis and thick-leaved whitlow grass Draba crassifolia. Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland
  • Singapore has many native species of palm.
  • The genus Barclaya is very seldom seen in association with Cryptocoryne species.
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