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Look up: species

  1. Species
    a group of closely related individuals that have the potential to reproduce with each other; a unit of classification.
    Found on http://www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/mg/manual/

  2. Species
    groups of actually or potentially interbreeding populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups. The lowest taxonomic rank and presumably only real taxonomic unit in nature.
    Found on http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/G

  3. Species
    Species is a biological term for related individuals with very similar general structure.
    Found on http://fas.org/news/reference/probert/AA

  4. Species
    This is a group of plants that have common characteristics. It is a basic unit of plant classification.
    Found on http://www.emilycompost.com/garden_gloss

  5. Species
    Distinct kinds of individual plants or animals that have common traits and share a common name.
    Found on http://www.wolfsource.org/?page_id=63

  6. Species
    1. A reproductively isolated aggregate of interbreeding organisms having common attributes and usually designated by a common name.2. An organism belonging to belonging to such a category.
    Found on http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/

  7. Species
    A classification of related organisms that can freely interbreed.
    Found on http://filebox.vt.edu/cals/cses/chagedor

  8. species
    The basic category of biological classification, displaying a high degree of mutual similarity determined by a consensus of informed opinion; a subcategory of genus.
    Found on http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary

  9. species
    Group of organisms with common or similar characteristics and capable of inter breeding.
    Found on http://www.agen.ufl.edu/~foodsaf/wi008a.

  10. Species
    A population or group of populations that are in reproductive contact but are reproductively isolated from all other populations
    Found on http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/glo

  11. Species
    One kind of plant of animal. Abbreviated as sp. singular and spp. plural. Spp. following genus name means that a number of species of that genus are indicated.
    The fundamental category used in the taxonomic classification of living organisms which ranks below genus. It is generally the final category and is composed of individuals having common characteristics which distinguish them from other categories, eg. two of the species of the genus Bos are Bos taurus (temperate-type cattle) and Bos indicus (zebu-type cattle).
    Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos

  12. Species
    A group of related organisms which are capable of interbreeding.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/sch

  13. Species
    A biological classification that combines organisms sharing common characteristics and are able to mate and produce fertile offspring.
    Found on http://www.moggies.co.uk/gloss.html

  14. species
    [n] - (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed 2. [n] - a specific kind of something
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  15. Species
    Denotes a closely allied group of plants within a genus which have unique characteristics that breed true to type from seed
    Found on http://www.unwinsdirect.co.uk/?PAGEID=42

  16. Species
    are usually described as a group of organisms that reproduce only with themselves. It has also been heard to be described as a 'concept of a good taxonomists mind'
    Found on http://www.epaw.co.uk/EPT/glossary.html

  17. species
    A group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can interbreed with one another to produce fertile offspring
    Found on http://www.conservancy.co.uk/learn/wordl

  18. species
    See chemical species.
    Found on http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/gtpoc/S

  19. Species
    the basic unit of taxonomy. A species is defined as a group of individuals that are genetically related and can interbreed to produce fertile young of the same kind
    Found on http://www.sedgwickmuseum.org/education/

  20. species
    a popular name applied to certain herb preparations Category: Medicine • an organism which is,and remains,distinct because it does not normally interbreed with other organisms Category: Botany and zoology
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  21. Species
    A group of organisms capable of interbreeding freely with each other but not with members of other species.
    Found on http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/reception/gloss

  22. Species
    Spe"cies noun sing. & plural [ Latin , a sight, outward appearance, shape, form, a particular sort, kind, or quality, a species. See Spice , noun , and confer Specie , Special .] 1. Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image. [ R.] "The species of the letters illuminated with indig …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/157

  23. species
    A taxonomic category subordinate to a genus (or subgenus) and superior to a subspecies or variety, composed of individuals possessing common characters distinguishing them from other categories of individuals of the same taxonomic level. In taxonomic nomenclature, species are designated by the genus name followed by a Latin or Latinised adjective o …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?s

  24. species
    noun a specific kind of something; `a species of molecule`; `a species of villainy`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  25. species
    noun (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

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