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Speciecide

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speciescidenounAlternative form of speciecide. [The systematic extermination of a species.]
speciocidenounThe destruction of a species.
xenocidenoun(science fiction) The genocide of an entire alien species.
despeciationnoun(biology, taxonomy) The loss of a unique species of animal due to its combining with another previously distinct species.
autocidenounAn act of suicide committed by crashing a car.
phenocidenounThe systematic destruction of people based upon their phenotype. cf genocide
biocidenounAny action or substance that can destroy living organisms.
pest controlnounA service that removes pests.
axenizationnoun(uncountable) The process of isolating a particular organism from all others.
speciationnoun(taxonomy) The process by which new distinct species evolve.
spec.nounAbbreviation of species. [A type or kind. (Compare race.)]
eugenicidenounAlternative spelling of eugenocide. [The elimination of people considered weak or defective in an attempt to improve the gene pool.]
eugenocidenounThe elimination of people considered weak or defective in an attempt to improve the gene pool.
specieismnounRare spelling of speciesism. [(philosophy, ethics) An ethical stance that assigns different worth or rights to beings on the basis of their species membership, such as assigning greater rights to human beings than to other animals.]
genocidismnounA policy of committing genocide.
biomanipulationnounthe deliberate alteration of an ecosystem by adding or removing species, especially predators
endangered speciesnoun(biology) A species which is in danger of becoming extinct throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
biospeciesnoun(biology, taxonomy) A biological species, usually defined by the biological species concept or strictly on a neontological basis.
species problemnounThe problem of finding a concept of a taxonomic species that can be usefully applied to many very different types of organism.
bioexclusionnounThe exclusion of a pathogen or disease from a group of organisms (a part of biosecurity)

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