"protospecies" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From proto- + species.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "en:Biology",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "name": "Evolutionary theory",
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        "A preexisting type of species from which other species evolved."
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          "preexisting",
          "preexisting"
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          "species",
          "species"
        ],
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          "evolve",
          "evolve"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "preexsiting type of species",
          "word": "原種"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yuánzhǒng",
          "sense": "preexsiting type of species",
          "word": "原种"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "preexsiting type of species",
          "word": "kantalaji"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "preexsiting type of species",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "proto-espécie"
        }
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹəʊtəʊˌspiːʃiːz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "protospecies"
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  "etymology_text": "From proto- + species.",
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      ]
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  ],
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        "A preexisting type of species from which other species evolved."
      ],
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          "preexisting"
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          "species"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "preexsiting type of species",
      "word": "原種"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuánzhǒng",
      "sense": "preexsiting type of species",
      "word": "原种"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "preexsiting type of species",
      "word": "kantalaji"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "preexsiting type of species",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "proto-espécie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "protospecies"
}