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species
sp.
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species (sing. and pl.), n.
(1) The rank next below the genus group; the basic rank of zoological classification.
(2) A taxon at the rank of species.

Source:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1999) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth Edition. - International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, XXIX + 306 pp.


See also
scientific name
Other meanings
sp. (Taxonomy)

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