{"def":{"short":"a sort, i.e., species","long":["kind, sometimes a species (usually of animals)"]},"deriv":"from an unused root meaning to portion out","pronun":{"ipa":"mɪi̯n̪","ipa_mod":"miːn","sbl":"mîn","dic":"meen","dic_mod":"meen"},"see":["H4480"],"comment":"Groups of living organisms belong in the same created \"kind\" if they have descended from the same ancestral gene pool. This does not preclude new species because this represents a partitioning of the original gene pool. Information is lost or conserved, not gained. A new species could arise when a population is isolated and inbreeding occurs. By this definition, a new species is not a new \"kind\" but a further partitioning of an existing \"kind.\" Compare H4480."}