(aviation, meteorology) The aviation special weather report; a specially encoded weather observation report.

plural of specie

A group of plants or animals having similar appearance. / (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.

(obsolete) In respect to kind / (law, finance) In the actual form, especially in the context of a distribution of assets or a loan repayment.

(proscribed) singular of species

Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie. / Money, especially in the form of coins made from precious metal, that has an intrinsic value; coinage.

plural of SPECI

A biological species consisting of overlapping subgroups, each of which can interbreed with the next, but which cannot freely interbreed when taken as a whole

(biology) A species which is in danger of becoming extinct throughout all or a significant portion of its range. / A class or kind whose continued existence is threatened.

(taxonomy) A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: the generic name (or generic epithet, the genus of the species) and the specific name (a term used only in zoology, never in botany, for the second part of a binomial) or the specific epithet (the term always used in botany, which can also be used in zoology).