0 a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with each other:
Mountain gorillas are an endangered species.
1 a set of animals or plants, members of which have similar characteristics to each other and which can breed with each other
Scientists think it unlikely that any species will actually become extinct as a consequence of the oil spill.
Depredation of the environment is destroying hundreds of species each year.
For homework I want you to write an essay on endangered species.
Some species exist in this small area of forest and nowhere else on earth.
Many plant and animal species are found only in the rainforests.
In rice fields, these three families or subfamilies made up 63% of species and 86% of all individuals present.
This is in contrast to group 3 species, which were not found in rice fields.
The inclusion of the terms representing associations allows for the infection with multiple species to be non-independent.
