• Speciose

    Full definition of speciose

    Adjective

    speciose

    1. (biology) Rich in species, such as when a many species are members of a single genus.
      • 1991, David M. Raup, Extinction: Bad genes or bad luck?, W. W. Norton and Company, pp 55-56,The most speciose living mammal genus (a small insectivore) has about 160 species.----
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