keithprosser2 wrote:Wallace, for all his undoubted merits, was not a grammarian. I would not take Webster's word on evolution as definitive - would you?
It may be that 19th century dictionaries and grammars allow 'specie' (although I doubt it), but I defy you to find a modern reference that does not deprecate it.
Maybe you would take Webster's definition of a word, eh?
I've told you that you are wrong, and it would be big of you if you were to accept that. Obvious to you too pig-headed to do so.
If you have a Webster's then pull the finger out of your arse and take a look!
Specie, abl L. species, sort , kind. Used in the phrase in specie - in its own or specified form. p 2004.