Antonyms for species
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : spee-sheez, -seez |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈspi ʃiz, -siz |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for species
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