SUBSPECIES

noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1699 a subdivision of a species: as, a category in biological classification that ranks immediately below a species and designates a population of a particular geographic region genetically distinguishable from other such populations of the same species and capable of interbreeding successfully with them where its range overlaps theirs, a named subdivision (as a race or variety) of a taxonomic species, subgroup 1 , subspecific adjective