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subspeˈcific, a. Nat. Hist.
[f. prec. after specific.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a subspecies.
1870Hooker Stud. Flora 246 Cuscuta Epithymum..does not seem entitled to sub-specific rank. 1883W. S. Kent in A. J. Adderley Fisheries Bahamas 44 Three specific or sub⁓specific forms that correspond very closely with the three leading Mediterranean types above described. 1905Athenæum 25 Feb. 246/3 Mr. Rothschild's opinion that Gorilla castaneiceps of Slack was an aberration, and not entitled to specific or subspecific rank.
Hence subspeˈcifically adv.
1883Athenæum 15 Dec. 781/2 A species of paradise bird of the genus Drepanornis..subspecifically different from D. albertisi of North-Eastern New Guinea. 1896Brit. Birds, Their Nests & Eggs II. 60 The serin being only sub⁓specifically distinct from the canary. |