con sound (konsound)

[A corruption of F. consoude = Pr. consouda, co ouda = Sp. consó lid a = Pg. consolda = It. con solid a, Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 478. con species (kon-spēʻshēz), n. [NL., In one consort there sat Cruell Revenge, and rancorous Despight, Disloyall Treason, and hart-burning Hate. Spenser, F. Q., II. vii. 22. Do you remember me? do you remember When you and your consort travell'd through Hungary? Fletcher (and another ), Queen of Corinth, ii. 4. Specifically-2. A company of musicians; an orchestra. My music! give my lord a taste of his welcome. [A strain Middle ton, Mad World, ii. 1. A consort of roarers for music. B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, Ind. 3. Concert; concurrence; agreement. I'll lend you mirth, sir, If you will be in consort. Ford , Perkin Warbeck, iii. 2. species.] In zoöl., a subspecies or variety; a climatic or geographical race belonging to the same species as another; a form recognizably different from another, yet not specifically distinct. Linnæus experienced the inadequacy of his system to deal binomially with those le er groups than species, commonly called varieties, now better designated as con species or subspecies. Coues, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 79. conspecific (kon-spē-sif'ik), a. [