Word Meaning

Meaning of species

- abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie, that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.
- Coin; hard money.
- Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image.
- 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.
- In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation.
- A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth.
- Coin, or coined silver, gold, ot other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
- A public spectacle or exhibition.
- A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
- An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp., one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.
- The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure.

Crossword clue for species

- Animal type
- Distinct kind of organism
- Distinct sort or kind
- Distinct variety
- Division of a genus
- Group of organisms
- Group of similar living organisms
- Group of similar organisms
- Small pieces scattered to give distinct variety
- Specifies if taken away from multiple families
- Taxonomic group
- Taxonomic unit below a genus
- Type, order or classification