Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation species
- abbreviation specimen
- abbreviation spelling
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- abbreviation
Species (singular).
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Examples
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A popular one is Mexican Marigolds Tagetes sp. which is an aromatic plant, above and below ground and can deter quite a few pests e.g. eelworm and cabbage white butterfly, but also attract the hover fly which eats aphids and other soft bodied insects.
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Kamrin makes things less daunting by showing a hieroglyph, breaking it into its components, and giving its transliteration; for example, a circle with dots inside it represents a threshing floor with grain, and is equivalent to the sound "sp."
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Books and articles sometimes intentionally do not identify species fully and use the abbreviation "sp." in the singular or "spp." in the plural in the place of the specific epithet, for example
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Books and articles sometimes intentionally do not identify species fully and use the abbreviation "sp." in the singular or "spp." in the plural in the place of the specific epithet, for example
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You see, I am content to let you, and the one or two like you who are accutely sensitive, think or fail to think for me and my kind artisticly (their name is not legend but the word like it), much as the man of 1901, say, would let Nietche (sp.) think for him intellectually.
A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994
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I think that if one cares about a metiér sp. it is almost necessary to learn it over again every few years.
A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994
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It is best to use a light linen, flannel, or gauze bandage which has been saturated with a warm tea of oak bark (Quercus sp.), calendula flowers (C. officinalis), chamomile flowers, duckweed (Stellaria media), violet or pansy (Viola tricolor), or walnut leaves.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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Internally take evening primrose Oenothera sp. or borage seed oil three times daily.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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Shave grass Equisegum sp. is prepared cold and then brought to a boil for about 30 minutes before being added to the bathwater.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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I’ll fix up data for advertising + have a photo taken next week with the most gigantic enjoyment I’m trying H.G. Well’s use of vast garagantuan sp. words
A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994
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