A group of plants or animals having similar appearance. / (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.

plural of specie

A range; a continuous, infinite, one-dimensional set, possibly bounded by extremes.

Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality. / Of particular personal interest or value; dear; beloved. / (euphemistic) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.

A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered. / One of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price at a restaurant.

(nursing) To supervise a patient one-on-one.

A biological species consisting of overlapping subgroups, each of which can interbreed with the next, but which cannot freely interbreed when taken as a whole

A tiny spot, especially of dirt etc. / A very small thing; a particle; a whit. / A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.

(transitive) To mark with specks; to speckle.

Fat; lard; fat meat. / (uncountable) A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol. / The blubber of whales or other marine mammals. / The fat of the hippopotamus.