subspecific

American  

[suhb-spuh-sif-ik] / ˌsʌb spəˈsɪf ɪk /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a subspecies.

2. less than specific.

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Other Word Forms

• subspecifically
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of subspecific

First recorded in 1865–70; sub- + specific

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Example Sentences

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subspecific

In subspecific diagnoses in this report, color and size, and sometimes relative size, are the characters usually mentioned.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by James S. Findley

Although each of the previous writers had but a small amount of material upon which to base his opinion, the diversity of opinion as to subspecific status bespeaks the instability of these animals.

From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Stephen D. Durrant

Variations of this kind are spoken of as geographic, racial, or subspecific and the birds exhibiting them are termed subspecies.

From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman

The subspecific identity of specimen No. 174762 USNM, a skin only, from Nobleville, Hamilton Co.,

From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall

Grateful acknowledgment is made to the persons in charge of the several collections of mammals that we have consulted in order to satisfy ourselves concerning the subspecific status of specimens from many localities.

From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall

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