1. Espèce.
2. Catégorie.
3. Classe.
ETYM Old Eng. kinde, cunde, as. cynd. Related to Kind.
A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; SYN. sort, form, variety.
1. A person of a particular character or nature
2. An approximate definition or example
ETYM French type; cf. Italian tipo, from Latin typus a figure, image, a form, type, character; cf. Skr. tup to hurt.
1. A subdivision of a particular kind of thing; SYN. kind, sort, ilk, species.
2. Printed characters.
3. A small block of metal bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper.
4. All of the tokens of the same symbol.
5. (Biology) The taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon.