species

noun (plural same)

• 1 (abbreviation: sp., spp.) Biology a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g., Homo sapiens.
• Logic a group subordinate to a genus and containing individuals agreeing in some common attributes and called by a common name.
• a kind or sort:a species of invective at once tough and suave
• used humorously to refer to people who share a characteristic or occupation:a political species that is becoming more common, the environmental statesman
• Chemistry & Physics a particular kind of atom, molecule, ion, or particle:a new molecular species

• 2 Christian Church the visible form of each of the elements of consecrated bread and wine in the Eucharist.