Meaning of species in English

species

/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/ /ˈspiː.siːz/ us

/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/ /ˈspiː.siːz/

plural species

a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with each other:

Mountain gorillas are an endangered species.

Over a hundred species of insect are found in this area.

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subspecies specialized

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Scientists think it unlikely that any species will actually become extinct as a consequence of the oil spill.
Depredation of the environment is destroying hundreds of species each year.
For homework I want you to write an essay on endangered species.
Some species exist in this small area of forest and nowhere else on earth.
Many plant and animal species are found only in the rainforests.

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(Definition of species from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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species

noun [ C ]

/ˈspi·ʃiz, -siz/

plural species

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a set of animals or plants, members of which have similar characteristics to each other and which can breed with each other

(Definition of species from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of species

species

In rice fields, these three families or subfamilies made up 63% of species and 86% of all individuals present.

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This is in contrast to group 3 species, which were not found in rice fields.

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The inclusion of the terms representing associations allows for the infection with multiple species to be non-independent.

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Only helminth species found in two or more localities have been represented.

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We collected 2681 fishes, representing 46 species and 10 families.

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A total of 107 species of parasites have been reported in cod, of which only 7 are species specific, and another 17 specific to gadids.

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To provide compelling evidence for adaptation, however, homologous traits must play the same functional roles in human and nonhuman species.

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The height of the surrounding canopy was significantly different throughout ontogeny for gap and shade species.

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Responses to fluctuating temperatures are consistent among seeds of many species, but the physiological mechanisms underlying such responses are still unknown.

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Finally, is gap-phase regeneration of a largeseeded timber species affected by proximity of a mature conspecific to the gap?

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Thereby this reduces interspecific competition for resources, including mates, in the case of members of the same species.

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Molecular markers provide ideal tools to develop species or genus-level indicators of specific pollutants and could thereby expand the utility of chironomids for biomonitoring.

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Such studies provide information as to associations between the species on a community level.

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This process tends to be relevant to functions that are universal to all members of a species such as visual depth perception or language development.

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In many applications it is simply sufficient to be able to detect the presence of animals, with species identification either unnecessary or a bonus.

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Collocations with species

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algal species

Many red algal species produce different types of carrageenans during their developmental history.

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alien species

Furthermore, he found that there were only a few alien species that polluted the catch, inferring that most spiders were involved in local dispersal episodes.

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amphibian species

We did not find any significant relationship between raft area and amphibian species richness or abundance.

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in Chinese (Traditional)

（動植物的）種，物種…

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