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“species”
A group of animals or plants that have common characteristics. (1)
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Word a Day Revisited Index of Cartoons Illustrating the Meanings of Words
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(a glossary of biological terms about living creatures including plants and all kinds of animal species and organisms)
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sibling species
Closely related species that have recently diverged from each other through evolution.
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Ocean and Deep Sea Terms
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species diversity
With reference to a biological community, the number of species and the relative evenness of their abundance.
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Ocean and Deep Sea Terms
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species odor
The odor found on the bodies of social insects which is peculiar to a given species.
It is possible that the species odor is merely the less distinctive component of a larger mixture comprising the colony odor (the odor found on the bodies of social insects).
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Ant and Related Entomology Terms
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species richness
The number of species in a community or set of samples.
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Ocean and Deep Sea Terms
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