Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A biological grouping of similar organisms able to breed among themselves; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species. 2. (n.) Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image. 3. (n.) In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation. 4. (n.) A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth. 5. (n.) Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie. 6. (n.) A public spectacle or exhibition. 7. (n.) A component part of compound medicine; a simple. 8. (n.) An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp., one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture. 9. (n.) The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure.

Multi-Version Concordance Species (1 Occurrence) James 3:7 For every species both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and of sea animals, is tamed and has been tamed by the human species; (DBY NAS)