species

noun

1. 种，物种（分类上小于属）
   a group into which animals, plants, etc. that are able to breed with each other and produce healthy young are divided, smaller than a genus and identified by a Latin name
   1. a rare species of beetle
      一种稀有甲虫
   2. There are many species of dog(s).
      狗有许多种。
   3. a conservation area for endangered species
      濒危物种保护区

1. N-COUNT (动植物的)物种，种
   A species is a class of plants or animals whose members have the same main characteristics and are able to breed with each other.
   1. Pandas are an endangered species...
      熊猫是濒危物种。
   2. There are several thousand species of trees here.
      这里有几千种树。

1. Some animal and plant species cannot accommodate to the rapidly changing conditions
   某些种类的动植物不能适应迅速变化的环境。
2. The area now attracts over 60 species of breeding birds.
   这一地区现在吸引了60多种鸟类到此繁育后代。
3. Since the birds interbreed they cannot be classed as different species
   由于这些鸟进行杂交繁殖，不能把它们归为不同的物种。
4. Most native mammal species have been severely depleted.
   大多数本地哺乳动物的数量都已经大大减少了。
5. Man is exterminating too many species for zoos to be much help.
   人类正在导致过多物种灭绝，动物园也无济于事。
6. An operation is beginning to try to save a species of crocodile from extinction
   一项努力拯救一个鳄鱼物种、使其免于灭绝的行动已经开始。
7. Many species have been shot to the verge of extinction.
   很多物种已经被猎杀到灭绝的边缘。
8. Two thousand of France's 4,200 species of flowering plants are found in the park
   法国的4,200种开花植物中有2,000种可见于这个公园。
9. Thrushes are a protected species so you will not find them on any menu.
   鸫鸟是受保护的物种，在菜谱上是找不到的。
10. Given patience, successful breeding of this species can be achieved.
    只要有耐心，是能成功培育出这一品种的。
11. Hundreds of tree species face extinction
    许许多多树种濒临灭绝。
12. Hybridising the two species will reduce the red to orange
    将这两个物种杂交后颜色会由红色淡化成橙色。
13. The total number of species on the planet appears to be growing by leaps and bounds.
    地球上的物种数目似乎正飞速增长。
14. The disease can spread from one mammalian species to another.
    这种疾病能够在不同的哺乳类物种之间传播。
15. Some species may nest in close proximity to each other.
    一些鸟类会彼此紧挨着筑巢。
16. Pandas are an endangered species
    熊猫是濒危物种。
17. There are several thousand species of trees here.
    这里有几千种树。
18. China has the world's most ancient tree species--metasequoia.
    中国有世界最古老的树种--水杉。
19. Many species are in peril of extinction because of our destruction of their natural habitat.
    许多物种由于我们破坏了它们的自然环境，现在正面临灭绝的危险。
20. China has the world's largest number of terrestial vertebrates, with a total of 1,800 species, which accounts for approximately one-tenth of the same species of vertebrates in the world.
    中国陆栖脊椎动物种类居世界第一位，有1,800种，约占世界同类动物总数的十分之一。
21. Character-species are species whose distributions are centered in, or largely limited to, a given community& type.
    特征种是只在某一特定群落内，集中分布，并且只局限在其中的一些植物种。
22. This genus of plants differentiate into many species.
    这种植物可区分为许多种类。
23. Only a few forest tree species can develop viable seed from unpollinated ovules.
    只有少数林木可以从未授粉的胚珠发育成有活力的种子。
24. Are we the only thinking species in the whole of creation?
    我们是万物中唯一有思想的物种吗？
25. All diploid species are hermaphroditic and either self-fertile or self-sterile.
    所有的两倍体种都是两性的，而且不是白花能稔，就是自花不稔。
26. Some species died out.
    有些物种灭绝了。
27. Many species have been extirpated from large areas.
    许多种动物已在大片区域内灭绝。
28. This species of animal is on the verge of extinction.
    这种动物已几近灭绝。
29. The release of winged-seed from Acer and Fraxinus species, can be encouraged by shakers.
    对于槭属和梣属等种子有翅的树种，可以用摇树机摇落。

noun

1. a specific kind of something
   1. a species of molecule
   2. a species of villainy

2. (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed