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Specific character

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(Nat. Hist.) a characteristic or characteristics distinguishing one species from every other species of the same genus.

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Because it is triangular or quadrangular a thing is said to have a specific character, or again because it is straight or curved; in fact a thing's shape in every case gives rise to a qualification of it.
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