Species

(spe's hez.) [L.] (Nat. Hist.) Such animals or vegetables as may be presumed to have descended from the same ancestors are said to belong to the same S. Such beings are liable to vary from the influence of circumstances. Whether the variation is indefinite or restricted within certain limits is a question upon which naturalists are divided, and the solution of which is attended with much difficulty. Different races from the same parents are called varieties.-(Log.) A predicable which is supposed to expre the entire attributes of the group of individuals of which it is the denominator. [s. 843]