living species
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflivingandspecies
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living
adjective
uk/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/us/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/
alive ...
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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 oflivingandspeciesfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Various analyses of genetic materials and enzymes oflivingspeciessupport this hypothesis.
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To date, tenlivingspeciesare recognized, and no fossil taxa have been known.
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For some islands the number of fossil lizard species in a single cave or doline is greater thanlivingspecieson the island.
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However, even such comparisons amonglivingspeciessometimes fall short of providing adequate explanations of the causes of behavior.
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The estimated total oflivingspeciesis also rising rapidly.
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Shallowlivingspeciesmay contain a second smaller type of single cone sensitive to ultraviolet wavelengths.
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Because behavior doesn't leave a fossil record, statements regarding the evolution of behavior are inevitably inferential and based largely on comparisons between related groups oflivingspecies.
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Comparative studies oflivingspecies, one of the most powerful tools of evolutionary biology, show that speech production is arguably the most derived feature of human language.
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It is concerned with the interaction oflivingspeciesone upon another.
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This amendment relates tolivingspecies—not to products, not to tusks and not to skins.
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There is only one real law of nature, so far as it affectslivingspecies, and that is that what is destroyed must be replaced, or allowed to replace itself.
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With the possible exception, for the time being, of some microbial parasites it is within our power to eliminate almost anylivingspeciesfrom the face of the earth.
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It is the largestlivingspeciesof bird.
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In a 24-hour period, 2000 students and thousands of additional volunteers surveyed the park for every availablelivingspecies.
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