known species
collocation in Englishmeaningsofknownandspecies
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known
adjective
uk/nəʊn/us/noʊn/
used to refer to something or someone that is familiar to or understood ...
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species
noun[C]
uk/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/us/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/
a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with ...
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(Definition ofknownandspeciesfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These estimates include undiscovered species believed to exist, and are roughly proportional to numbers of currentlyknownspecies.
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He had acquired all theknownspeciesand possessed a good representation of each.
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Knownspeciesare considered, regardless of whether they are currently producing utility or not, since they could be useful in the future.
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The identification of our isolates withknownspeciesin the nucleotide database provides for the characterization of bacteria according to phylogeny, habitat and metabolism.
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Neither is it possible to match with certainty these adults, as described, toknownspecies.
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We expect the discovery of new species of gnathostomes and recognition of new distributions ofknownspecieswill occur in the future.
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These three papers brought the list ofknownspeciesup to twenty-one.
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The remarkable and unique form of the claspers will, however, enable the student readily to distinguish the males of this tsetse-fly from any of the otherknownspecies.
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Examination of dorsal spine patterns may help with more effective identification at the species level, although these features are not sufficiently understood in mostknownspecies.
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Mollusc species are easy to misidentify and the identity of cercariae emerging from a snail may have been proposed because of morphological resemblances toknownspecies.
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It is also a rich area for dragonflies, of which there are 17knownspecies, and is valuable for butterflies, including the rare marsh fritillary.
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There are other, betterknownspecieswhich call for protection.
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It is a poorlyknownspecies; only two specimens have been collected, both from one location.
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It is the onlyknownspeciesof its genus.
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This species is the onlyknownspeciesin its genus.
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