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What is the noun for specieslike?

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species
  1. Type or kind. (Compare race.)
    1. A group of plants or animals having similar appearance.
    2. (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below genus and above subspecies; a taxon at that rank.
    3. (mineralogy) A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.
  2. An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
    1. (obsolete) The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.
    2. Visible or perceptible presentation; appearance; something perceived.
    3. A public spectacle or exhibition.
  3. (Christianity) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.
  4. Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
  5. A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
  6. An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; especially, one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “Another ciliate in this habitat was an unidentified species belonging to the genus Prorodon.”
      “Has this species of bird followed the larch into Scotland?”
      “The achievement and maintenance of such an equilibrium is fundamental to the survival of our species.”
specie
  1. Type or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.
  2. Money, especially in the form of coins made from precious metal, that has an intrinsic value; coinage.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “If the bank required specie reserves, the notes acquired initially could have been called at expiration and not renewed.”
      “The French crown was forced to pay for its Canadian expenditures by borrowing or taxing in France and shipping specie to the New World.”
      “Between 1685 and 1763, the French colonial government issued playing cards that were redeemable for specie at a future date.”
speciation
  1. (taxonomy) The process by which new distinct species evolve.
  2. (chemistry) The formation of different (inorganic) species (especially of ions) as the environment changes.
  3. Examples:
    1. “We are the product of a process of speciation, competition, and ecological change.”
      “If most speciation is allopatric, what would we expect to see in terms of the fossil record?”
      “Besides researching thrips, he studies speciation and asexuality in walking sticks and the phylogenetics of Galapagos Islands snails.”
speciecide
  1. The systematic extermination of a species.
speciocide
  1. The destruction of a species.
speciescide
  1. Alternative form of speciecide
specie
  1. (proscribed) singular of species
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  3. Examples:
    1. “If the bank required specie reserves, the notes acquired initially could have been called at expiration and not renewed.”
      “The French crown was forced to pay for its Canadian expenditures by borrowing or taxing in France and shipping specie to the New World.”
      “Between 1685 and 1763, the French colonial government issued playing cards that were redeemable for specie at a future date.”
speciations
  1. plural of speciation
  2. Examples:
    1. “There are hundreds of cases of evolutionary change observed in progress and dozens of observed speciations.”
      “If they do not, field investigations where speciations of the biofilm populations differ will not agree.”
      “This was achieved by comparison of elemental solubilities and speciations predicted by the programs with observations in the natural system.”
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