Generation and Species

Generation

Generation noun - Group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent.

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Species and generation are semantically related In some cases you can use "Species" instead a noun "Generation".

Species noun - One of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic.

Usage example: a music that is now generally regarded as a distinct species of rap

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Generation and species are semantically related in style topic. Sometimes you can use "Generation" instead a noun "Species".

Nearby Word: specie

human	human generation	human species
particular	particular generation	particular species
certain	certain generation	certain species
original	original generation	original species
Other adjectives: true, single, powerful, actual, entire, new, major, respective, different, younger.

Taken Up to Eleven with the second generation Wraiths who include Turman the shapeshifting Clawdite, a species that can mimic most humanoid species and Scut, a Yuuzhan Vong.

Source: Comic Book / X-Wing Series
Each generation spawned by the cult members will look less and less like a Genestealer until the fifth or sixth generation, which exactly resembles the host species.

Source: Bizarre Alien Reproduction
Also some species have ACTUAL sexual dimorphism, as in visual differences in the same species based on gender, starting in the fourth generation games.

Source: Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism

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