"subspecific epithet" meaning in All languages combined

See subspecific epithet on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: subspecific epithets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} subspecific epithet (plural subspecific epithets)
  1. (taxonomy) The third word in the scientific name of a subspecies, following the name of the species, but only in names of bacteria, plants and fungi. It is not used in formal names of animals. Categories (topical): Taxonomy
    Sense id: en-subspecific_epithet-en-noun-Ivr1kBpR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy Related terms: autonym, forma, form, f., infraspecies, infraspecific, infraspecific epithet, infraspecific name [botany, biology, natural-sciences], infraspecific taxon, subforma, subform, subf., subspecies, subsp., ssp., subspecific name, subvarietas, subvariety, subvar., ternary name, varietas, variety, var.

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for subspecific epithet meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "subspecific epithets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "subspecific epithet (plural subspecific epithets)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Taxonomy",
          "orig": "en:Taxonomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Evolutionary theory",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The third word in the scientific name of a subspecies, following the name of the species, but only in names of bacteria, plants and fungi. It is not used in formal names of animals."
      ],
      "id": "en-subspecific_epithet-en-noun-Ivr1kBpR",
      "links": [
        [
          "taxonomy",
          "taxonomy"
        ],
        [
          "scientific name",
          "scientific name"
        ],
        [
          "subspecies",
          "subspecies"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(taxonomy) The third word in the scientific name of a subspecies, following the name of the species, but only in names of bacteria, plants and fungi. It is not used in formal names of animals."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "autonym"
        },
        {
          "word": "forma"
        },
        {
          "word": "form"
        },
        {
          "word": "f."
        },
        {
          "word": "infraspecies"
        },
        {
          "word": "infraspecific"
        },
        {
          "word": "infraspecific epithet"
        },
        {
          "topics": [
            "botany",
            "biology",
            "natural-sciences"
          ],
          "word": "infraspecific name"
        },
        {
          "word": "infraspecific taxon"
        },
        {
          "word": "subforma"
        },
        {
          "word": "subform"
        },
        {
          "word": "subf."
        },
        {
          "word": "subspecies"
        },
        {
          "word": "subsp."
        },
        {
          "word": "ssp."
        },
        {
          "word": "subspecific name"
        },
        {
          "word": "subvarietas"
        },
        {
          "word": "subvariety"
        },
        {
          "word": "subvar."
        },
        {
          "word": "ternary name"
        },
        {
          "word": "varietas"
        },
        {
          "word": "variety"
        },
        {
          "word": "var."
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "taxonomy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "subspecific epithet"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "subspecific epithets",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "subspecific epithet (plural subspecific epithets)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "autonym"
    },
    {
      "word": "forma"
    },
    {
      "word": "form"
    },
    {
      "word": "f."
    },
    {
      "word": "infraspecies"
    },
    {
      "word": "infraspecific"
    },
    {
      "word": "infraspecific epithet"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "botany",
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "infraspecific name"
    },
    {
      "word": "infraspecific taxon"
    },
    {
      "word": "subforma"
    },
    {
      "word": "subform"
    },
    {
      "word": "subf."
    },
    {
      "word": "subspecies"
    },
    {
      "word": "subsp."
    },
    {
      "word": "ssp."
    },
    {
      "word": "subspecific name"
    },
    {
      "word": "subvarietas"
    },
    {
      "word": "subvariety"
    },
    {
      "word": "subvar."
    },
    {
      "word": "ternary name"
    },
    {
      "word": "varietas"
    },
    {
      "word": "variety"
    },
    {
      "word": "var."
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "en:Taxonomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The third word in the scientific name of a subspecies, following the name of the species, but only in names of bacteria, plants and fungi. It is not used in formal names of animals."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "taxonomy",
          "taxonomy"
        ],
        [
          "scientific name",
          "scientific name"
        ],
        [
          "subspecies",
          "subspecies"
        ],
        [
          "species",
          "species"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(taxonomy) The third word in the scientific name of a subspecies, following the name of the species, but only in names of bacteria, plants and fungi. It is not used in formal names of animals."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "taxonomy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "subspecific epithet"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.