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Added 9 October 2026

species

/ˈspiːʃiːz/ noun

In Latin: speciēs Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about species at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed.
A specific kind of something.
a species of molecule

Origin

From Latin speciēs (“appearance; quality”), from speciō (“see”) + -iēs suffix signifying abstract noun. Doublet of spice.

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