You say specie, I say species...

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g*@trump.net.au writes:
> until he asked me "Why do you gardeners always refer to
>specieS, there is no such word. 

 

Oxford English Dictionary

 

'species /n. (pl. same) 1 a class of things having some common characteristics. 2. Biol. a group of living organisms consisting of related similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding, classified as a taxonomic rank below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial...'

 

'specie /n. coin money as opposed to paper money.'

 

'nyaa-nyaa-yah-boo-sucks /kiddy vulg. 1. "so there" 2. "ain't dictionaries wonderful things" ...'

 

Dave H