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. Allyson Jackson:

   It benefits us in the long run to be worried about these species, even if we don’t see the direct connection in our diet.

2. Wang Min:

   The well-preserved tail feathers in this new fossil bird provide great new information about how sexual selection has shaped the avian tail from their earliest stage, the complexity we see in Yuanchuavis's feathers is related to one of the reasons we hypothesize why living birds are so incredibly diverse, because they can separate themselves into different species just by differences in plumage and differences in song.

3. Jim Breheny:

   A lot of people are not aware of how much zoos have evolved over the last forty to fifty, sixty — one hundred years, modern zoos in the 21st century not only take care of animals and exhibit them to the public — we work to save species.

4. Kate Wynne:

   It is really perplexing for a number of reasons, they appear to have all died around the same time. And the strange thing is they are all one species, with the exception of one dead humpback whale found in a different location.

5. José Rafael Cordero Sánchez:

   we will continue to be the culprits by supporting these activities that only achieve the exploitation, mistreatment, and depriving the freedom of many species of animals