species

1. n. Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image. Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

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

4. n. A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth. Source: opted

5. n. Coin, or coined silver, gold, ot other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie. Source: opted

6. n. A public spectacle or exhibition. Source: opted

7. n. A component part of compound medicine; a simple. Source: opted

8. n. An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp., one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture. Source: opted

9. n. The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure. Source: opted

10. n. (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed Source: wordnet

11. n. a specific kind of something Source: wordnet

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