species

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Formal

n. a specific type or sort of something.

n. a class of individuals or objects grouped by common attributes; a distinct kind or sort.

“This species of behavior is quite common among teenagers.”

“The professor argued that this specific species of political rhetoric had not been seen since the late nineteenth century.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Science Technical · Academic

n. a specific type of atom, molecule, or ion.

n. a chemically distinct atom, molecule, ion, or radical participating in a process or measurement.

“The experiment tracks how each chemical species reacts when the temperature rises.”

“Advanced spectroscopy allows researchers to identify transient intermediate species that exist for only a fraction of a second during the reaction.”

C2 · Proficiency Plural noun Religion Formal · Technical

n. the bread or wine used in a Christian church service.

n. the visible forms of the elements (bread and wine) used in the Eucharist.

“The priest prepared the holy species before the start of the ceremony.”

“Theological debates often centered on the nature of the real presence within the consecrated species during the liturgy.”