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.

plural of specie

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.

(proscribed) singular of species

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

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

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

(ecology) A species that exerts a large, stabilizing influence throughout an ecological community, despite its relatively small numerical abundance.

(taxonomy) A species which has been designated as typical of a genus, and is chosen as the species according to which the genus is named.