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Definition
a group of animals or plants that are similar — typically identified as a group because they can procreate together (reproduce new members of the group)
- The couple cruised the neighborhood with the air of an entirely novel species—as if they were the first couple in New Hampshire to have given birth.p. 183.2
- Disputed encounters with nature are also popular; my days here are most enjoyably spent in identifying species of bird and mammal and fish and reptile and, unfortunately, insect—almost none of which is well known to me.p. 428.4
There are no more uses of "species" in A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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