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单词 subspecies
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subspecies

noun

sub·​spe·​cies ˈsəb-ˌspē-shēz How to pronounce subspecies (audio)
-sēz
: a subdivision of a species: such 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 (such as a race or variety) of a taxonomic species
c
: subgroup sense 1
a political subspecies
subspecific
ˌsəb-spi-ˈsi-fik How to pronounce subspecies (audio)
adjective

Example Sentences

There are two subspecies of bison in North America.
Recent Examples on the Web Mexican wolves are North America’s rarest subspecies of gray wolves. Matt Mcclain, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022 In fact, according to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, there are five distinct subspecies of copperhead, two of which can be found in Alabama. Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 1 Aug. 2022 The migratory monarch butterfly is a subspecies that breeds over the summer throughout Canada and the United States before traveling south to California and Mexico for the winter. Denise Chow, NBC News, 21 July 2022 The migratory monarch is a subspecies of the monarch butterfly and is known for its annual migration from Mexico to the U.S. and Canada. Li Cohen, CBS News, 21 July 2022 But when the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the migrating monarch butterfly as endangered in late July, South Floridians like Minett began to wonder what that meant for the region’s more settled subspecies. Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2022 Hints that the mysterious species has lived on have arisen over the century — including 1960s reports of tortoise scat on the subspecies’ native Fernandina Island, which is the Galapagos’ youngest, most pristine and most volcanically active island. Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 15 June 2022 Conservationists in northwest Thailand are working to conserve what subspecies of tiger, which is on the brink of extinction? CNN, 10 Mar. 2022 In 2020, a study confirmed that the living chicken’s ancestor was the jungle fowl subspecies, Gallus gallus spaedicus, narrowing the area of domestication to Southeast Asia. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

New Latin

First Known Use

1681, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

subspecies

noun

sub·​spe·​cies ˈsəb-ˌspē-shēz, -sēz How to pronounce subspecies (audio)
: 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 geographical 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 species

subspecies

noun

as in subgroup

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • subgroup
  • subdivision
  • section
  • species
  • subclass
  • variety
  • genus
  • sort
  • branch
  • generation
  • classification
  • type
  • category
  • family
  • group
  • kind
  • tier
  • league
  • bracket
  • division
  • rank(s)
  • grade
  • class
  • set
  • rubric
  • order
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