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Species

/spˈiʃiz/
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(noun) A type or kind. (Compare race.)

Environmental changes gave rise to new species.
The lion and the tiger are two different species of cat.
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Scientists have identified another new ____ of frog living deep in the Amazon rainforest this year.

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