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Synonyms for species

Grammar : Noun
Spell : spee-sheez, -seez
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspi ʃiz, -siz

Top 10 synonyms for species
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Définition of species

Origin :
  • 1550s, a classification in logic, from Latin species "kind, sort," originally "appearance, sight, a seeing," related to specere "to look at, to see, behold," from PIE *spek- (see scope (n.1)). Biological sense is from c.1600. Endangered species first attested 1964.
  • noun class, variety
Example sentences :
  • It is to me more what you call a 'beast-garden,' to include all species of fauna.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Handel, in one species of composition, wrote down to the singers of his time.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Every species of mere bodily labor is the prerogative of these Irish.
  • Extract from : « Sketches from Memory » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • In short, there were creatures in which were combined the limbs of every species of animals.
  • Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
  • He could not but observe that Mrs. Wharton did not like him the less for this species of sacrifice.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • It was Daisy's voice which awakened me from this species of trance.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • For example, then, said the little woman, what species of gift did Monsieur desire?
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • The other species of mammalia are generally hotter than human beings.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • Birthdays of this species have a public as well as a private phase.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • It was a species of punctuation, and implied that Mr. Morgan had finished his remark.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

Antonyms for species

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