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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

  1. adj Native to, or regularly found only in, a particular place.
  2. adj Regularly occurring within a particular community or region, such as a disease that never fully disappears.

genus — full definition

  1. noun A biological classification rank grouping closely related species, sitting below family and above species.
  2. noun A general category or kind sharing common features.

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