soort — meaning in English
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English meaning
- endemic adj Native to, or regularly found only in, a particular place.
- genus noun A biological classification rank grouping closely related species, sitting below family and above species.
- kind noun A type or category of thing that shares common features with others.
- race noun A contest to see who is fastest at reaching a goal.
- sort noun A particular type or kind of something.
- species noun A group of living things that can breed with one another and produce fertile offspring; the basic unit of biological classification.
Senses
soort is used for these senses in English:
- endemic An individual or species that is endemic to a region.
- genus A group with common attributes.
- kind (type theory) The type of a type constructor or a higher-order type operator.
- race A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics (see Wikipedia's article on historical definitions of race):
- species A group of plants or animals in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance.
- species (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.
endemic — full definition
- adj Native to, or regularly found only in, a particular place.
- adj Regularly occurring within a particular community or region, such as a disease that never fully disappears.
genus — full definition
- noun A biological classification rank grouping closely related species, sitting below family and above species.
- noun A general category or kind sharing common features.