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species

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of species

late 14^th century, "a class of individuals or things"

from Latin species "a particular sort, kind, or type"
originally "a sight, look, view; outward appearance, shape, form"
a derivative of specere "to look at, to see, behold"

A 17th century etymological dictionary defines species as "a common idea, under one more common and more general"

The exact definition of species has never has been settled.

species noun

kind, sort
a class of individuals having common attributes and designated by a common name
the human race; human beings — often used with the
a category of biological classification ranking immediately below the genus or subgenus, comprising related organisms or populations potentially capable of interbreeding, and being designated by a binomial that consists of the name of a genus followed by a Latin or latinized uncapitalized noun or adjective agreeing grammatically with the genus name
a particular kind of atomic nucleus, atom, molecule, or ion
the consecrated eucharistic elements of the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Eucharist
a mental image
also: a sensible object
an object of thought correlative with a natural object

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Specific examples and quotes of species

"Anyone quick to judge anything that is different — like a strange and wild species as bears, tigers or wolves — as hostile and uncompromising, could upon witnessing an incongruity to their usual understanding, which they indubitably consider to be self-evident in interpretation, only explain certain happenings within their nurtured mindset."

"Originals"
(Speed Well Dialogues)
by Sabina Nore

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~☉~	lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense