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- Dictionaryspecious/ˈspiːʃəs/
adjective
- 1. superficially plausible, but actually wrong: "a specious argument"
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5 days ago · taxonomy, in a broad sense the science of classification, but more strictly the classification of living and extinct organisms—i.e., biological classification. The term is derived from the Greek taxis (“arrangement”) and nomos (“law”). Taxonomy is, therefore, the methodology and principles of systematic botany and zoology and sets up ...
3 days ago · Clear and simple definitions in American English from Britannica's language experts. More usage examples than any other dictionary.
5 days ago · We hypothesized that individuals exposed to four distinctly weak (yet non-specious) arguments alongside one strong argument supporting a public swimming pool renovation would hold less favorable ...
4 days ago · Mitragyna speciosa is a tropical evergreen tree of the Rubiaceae family (coffee family) native to Southeast Asia. [3] . It is indigenous to Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Papua New Guinea, [4] where its leaves, known as "kratom" have been used in herbal medicine since at least the 19th century. [5] .
2 days ago · Bioethics Core. Genetics is the branch of biology concerned with the study of inheritance, including the interplay of genes, DNA variation and their interactions with environmental factors.
2 days ago · The specious present refers to the time duration wherein one's perceptions are considered to be in the present. The experienced present is said to be 'specious' in that, unlike the objective present, it is an interval and not a durationless instant.
