Definizione monolingua

species

species (plural species)

1. A group of plants or animals having similar appearance.

   This species of animal is unique to the area.

2. (biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below genus and above subspecies; a taxon at that rank
   • Darwin, On the Origin of Species:

     Hence, in determining whether a form should be ranked as a species or a variety, the opinion of naturalists having sound judgment and wide experience seems the only guide to follow.

   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii

     Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.

3. (mineralogy) A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.
4. (obsolete) The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.

   I cast the species of the Sun onto a sheet of paper through a telescope.

5. (Roman Catholicism) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated, so named because they retain the image of the bread and wine before their transubstantiation into the body and blood of Christ.

Definizione dizionario species

	specie
	rank in a taxonomic classification
	Categoria tassonomica, che si distingue in gruppi dello stesso genere, i quali incrociandosi generano individui fecondi.
	A taxonomic category ranking immediately below a genus and including closely related, morphologically similar individuals which actually or potentially inbreed.

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Altri significati:

the image of an object

(mineralogy) A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.

(biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below genus and above subspecies; a taxon at that rank

(logical) species

mineralogy: mineral with a unique chemical formula

(Roman Catholicism) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated, so named because they retain the image of the bread and wine before their transubstantiation into the body and blood of Christ.

(obsolete) The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.

A group of plants or animals having similar appearance.

group of plants or animals having similar appearance