Synonyms for species
ˈspi ʃiz, -sizspecies

Princeton's WordNet

1. speciesnoun

   (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed

2. speciesnoun

   a specific kind of something

   "a species of molecule"; "a species of villainy"

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1. • Biology
   • Kind
   • Taxonomic Group

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1. speciesnoun

   Synonyms:
   group (subordinate to a genus)

2. speciesnoun

   Synonyms:
   kind, sort, description, variety

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1. speciesnoun

   Synonyms:
   group, class, kind, brood, sort, variety

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1. List of paraphrases for "species":

   cash, espèces, kind, case, 'espã, kinds, types, sort, essences, especies, espèce, varieties, currency, taxon

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1. Arinjay Banerjee:

   Right now, humans are the main vectors of SARS-CoV-2, with consequences for many animal species.

2. Pete Pekins:

   Maybe this is where we can reach people and make them understand climate change is real, winter ticks are winning the arms race and your iconic species is losing.

3. David Burnham:

   The teeth suggest it’s a Tyrannosaurus rex; however, there is still more work to be done, because a young T. rex is so rare, there are only a few that have been found over the years, so it’s difficult to discern what are changes due to growth or if the differences in the bones reflect different species.

4. Samantha Lawler:

   Finding these asteroids well in advance of when they could hit the Earth is vitally important to our species' survival.

5. Francis McCrory:

   There was a lot of salmon in those days – all species – coho, steelhead and our sockeye, the blueback, you could make a good living in those days.