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species

1 a group (of animals etc.) whose members are so similar or closely related as to be able to breed together.  2 a kind or sort.

─ Pharos English Dictionary for South African Schools

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Birds of a feather flock together ─ People who like the same things stick together.

─ Pharos English for All

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South Africanisms:

Those who prefer to enjoy nature rather than to shoot its creatures might go out into the bush to see if they can catch sight of the Big Five. As in other parts of Africa, this is a collective name for the five largest and most dangerous African mammals: the elephant, rhinoceros, buffalo, lion and leopard. Such trips are a great tourist attraction. More recently, the term is being amended to the Big Seven (adding the humpback whale and the Great White shark).

─ Say again? The other side of South African English

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More than 30 dictionary titles on PharosOnline
Afrikaans-Engels/English-Afrikaans Dictionary (Pharos 2010)
Verklarende Afrikaanse Woordeboek (Labuschagne & Eksteen 2010)
Bilingual School Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (Pharos 2016)
English Dictionary for South African Schools (Pharos 2015)
Tesourus van Afrikaans (De Stadler & De Stadler 2007)
Sinonieme en verwante woorde (Buro van die WAT 2006)
Groot Woordeboek Afrikaans en Nederlands (Pharos 2011)
Spreekwoorde en Waar Hulle Vandaan Kom (Prinsloo 2009)
Lys Klassieke Eiename – Eng./Afr. (Taalkommissie 1984)
The Essential Companion for Writers and Editors (Hendry 2011)
South African Multilingual Dictionary (Pharos 2015)
English/Afrikaans/Zulu/Xhosa Aid (Uys 2002)
English/Afrikaans/Northern Sotho/Tswana Aid (Uys 2008)
Popular Northern Sotho (Kriel, Prinsloo & Sathekge 1997)
Afrikaans-Japannese Woordeboek (Kotzé 2015)
Verklarende Biologiewoordeboek (Webb, De Villiers & Du Toit 1983)
Botanical Dictionary (SA Akademie 1972)
Brug-woordelys – Eng./Afr. explanatory (Dorfling 2003)
Building Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 1960)
New Business Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (Geldenhuys & Viljoen-Smook 2009)
Dictionary of Economics and Business – Eng./Afr. (Steenkamp & Reynders 2004)
Filatelieterme – Afr./Eng. (Filatelistevereniging & SA Akademie 1977)
Geologiese en verwante terme – Afr./Eng. (SA Akademie 1953)
Dictionary for the Health Sciences – Eng./Afr. (Lochner & Brink 2011)
Mathematics Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 1987)
SA Music Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 2000)
Dictionary of Oceanology – Eng./Afr. (Lutjeharms 2004)
Police Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (Du Toit 1994)
Property Economics – Eng./Afr. (Rode 2005)
Radio-TV-Theatre-Film Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 1999)
Woordeboek van Regs- en Handelsterme – Eng./Afr. explanatory (Smuts & Smuts 1992)
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of short-term insurance – Eng./Afr. (Lindstrom 2012)
Technical Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (Terblanche 2003)
Water and Sewage Works Terms – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 1967)
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