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"Species" Definition

noun

A kind, variety, or type: "No species of performing artist is as self-critical as a dancer” ( Susan Sontag).
Biology A fundamental category of taxonomic classification, ranking below a genus or subgenus and consisting of related organisms capable of interbreeding. See Table at taxonomy.
Biology An organism belonging to such a category, represented in binomial nomenclature by an uncapitalized Latin adjective or noun following a capitalized genus name, as in Ananas comosus, the pineapple, and Equus caballus, the horse.
Logic A class of individuals or objects grouped by virtue of their common attributes and assigned a common name; a division subordinate to a genus.
Obsolete An outward form or appearance.

adjective

Belonging to a biological species as distinguished from a horticultural variety .

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