"infima species" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: infimae species [plural]
Etymology: From Latin infima (“lowest”) + species. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|infima||lowest}} Latin infima (“lowest”), {{m|la|species}} species Head templates: {{en-noun|infimae species}} infima species (plural infimae species)
  1. (logic, philosophy, semantics) The narrowest of species; one that that is not a genus to anything else. Categories (topical): Logic, Philosophy, Semantics

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