SUBSPECIES


Meaning of SUBSPECIES in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsəb-ˌspē-shēz, -sēz ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin

Date: 1699

: a subdivision of a species: as

a. : 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

b. : a named subdivision (as a race or variety) of a taxonomic species

c. : subgroup 1

a political subspecies

• sub·spe·cif·ic ˌsəb-spi-ˈsi-fik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.