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Definitions of species:

part of speech: noun

1. A biological division between the genus and a variety or the individual. 2. ( plural) A class of pharmaceutical preparations in the P. G. and N. F., consisting of a mixture of dried plants, not pulverized, but in sufficiently fine division to be conveniently used in the making of extemporaneous decoctions or infusions; a tea.

Usage examples for species:

And our species is somewhat older than that. "The Players", Everett B. Cole
We need to distinguish the different species of competition. "Monopolies and the People", Charles Whiting Baker
Species of grapes have very characteristic vines. "Manual of American Grape-Growing", U. P. Hedrick

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1. Unguis, the horny plate covering the dorsal surface of the distal half of the terminal phalanx of each finger and toe. 2. A slender rod of metal, bone, or other solid substance, employed sometimes in surgery to fasten together the divided extremities of a broken bone. ...