species
English Thesaurus
1. a specific kind of something (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | form, kind, sort, variety, |
| definition | : | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality (noun.cognition) |
2. (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | endangered species, |
| definition | : | a species whose numbers are so small that the species is at risk of extinction (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | fish species, |
| definition | : | a species of fish (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | type species, |
| definition | : | (biology) the species that best exemplifies the essential characteristics of the genus to which it belongs (noun.group) |
| part holonym | : | variety, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | breed, stock, strain, |
| definition | : | a special variety of domesticated animals within a species (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | form, strain, var., variant, |
| definition | : | (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups (noun.group) |
| member meronym | : | genus, |
| definition | : | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species (noun.group) |
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