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单词 subpopulation
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subpopulationn.

Brit. /ˈsʌbˌpɒpjᵿˌleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌsəbˌpɑpjəˈˌleɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sub- prefix, population n.1
Etymology: < sub- prefix + population n.1
1. A population forming part of a larger population; one derived or originating from some other population; a secondary or subordinate population.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > [noun] > part or type of
floating population1835
subpopulation1846
the world > life > biology > balance of nature > population > [noun] > type of
swarm1560
isotype1881
habitat group1898
guild1903
microcolony1925
thanatocœnosis1953
ecomorph1954
community1957
subpopulation1959
micropopulation1966
1846 G. H. Calvert Scenes & Thoughts in Europe 35 Its [sc. Brussels's] sub-population of questionable and vulgar English.
1894 Logansport (Indiana) Daily Jrnl. 19 Dec. 4/5 The first thing that strikes a visitor to a Corean village is the surprising subpopulation of dogs.
1910 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 73 534 This is obtained by calculating the number that would die in the given sub-population if its age-distribution were identical with that of the general or a standard population.
1959 Heredity 13 217 This gene flow..prevented the divergence of the two sub-populations.
1961 Lancet 9 Sept. 586/2 Serious outbreaks have occurred mainly because substantial poorly vaccinated subpopulation groups have remained—for example, lower socioeconomic groups in the U.S.A.
1989 N.Y. Times 21 Nov. c1/3 Many labs are now concentrating on these metastatic subpopulations, which are so different from other cancer cells.
2. A population living underground. Obsolete. rare.
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1890 Daily News 19 June 5/7 A sort of sub-population of elfin people, who live under the Treppe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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