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# species

«species» in Mova's school dictionary: **alike and can breed together to have young that can also…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a species, species — same form singular and plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A group of living things that are alike and can breed together to have young that can also have young: Lions are one species, tigers another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/species/#m1)

2) (informal) A kind or sort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/species/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, species is the basic group in classifying life: humans are the species Homo sapiens. Endangered species are at risk of dying out; extinct species are gone. In maths problems species are counted: «The zoo has 12 species of monkey.» In everyday nature lessons, protecting species protects habitats.

### examples

- The giant panda is an endangered species. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/species/#x1)
- Scientists find new species every year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/species/#x2)
- There are many species of bird in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/species/#x3)
- The dodo is an extinct species. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/species/#x4)
- Humans belong to the species Homo sapiens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/species/#x5)
- The zoo has 8 species of reptile and 5 of amphibian — 13 species in all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/species/#x6)
- They belong to the goose species, one can see that by their walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/species/#x7)

### note

Plural is the same: one species, two species («specie» is a different word for coins, not the singular!). Say SPEE-sheez. Species names are written in italics with a capital first word: Homo sapiens.

### In the corpora

- [There are eight species of bear, and the koala is not one of them but a marsupial.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/23-bears/5/)
- [Coral reefs cover less than 1 per cent of the ocean floor but are home to about a quarter of all sea fish species.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/90-aquarium-the-coral-reef-tank/4/)
- [An animal that keeps a whole habitat in balance, like the sea otter, is called a keystone species.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/100-sea-lions-seals-and-otters/14/)
- [A contagious (catching) face cancer has killed many devils, and scientists keep healthy groups of devils safe to save the species.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/167-australias-forests-and-tasmania-devils-cassowaries-and-lyrebirds/5/)
- [One could almost stand under the other, yet they greet each other as dogs, because they are one species.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/192-dogs-from-wolves-to-hundreds-of-breeds/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «species» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/species/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.