"subspecies" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌbspiːʃiːz/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /-ʃɪz/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /-siːz/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-subspecies.ogg [Australia] Forms: subspecies [plural]
Etymology: sub- + species. Etymology templates: {{taxlink|Felis silvestris lybica|subspecies}} Felis silvestris lybica, {{prefix|en|sub|species}} sub- + species Head templates: {{en-noun|subspecies}} subspecies (plural subspecies)
  1. (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below species. Categories (topical): Taxonomy Translations (rank in the classification of organisms): subspesie (Afrikaans), نُوَيْع (nuwayʕ) (Arabic), subespecie [feminine] (Aragonese), ենթատեսակ (entʻatesak) (Armenian), yarımnöv (Azerbaijani), azpiespezie (Basque), উপপ্রজাতি (upoprojati) (Bengali), उपप्रजाति (Bihari), isspesad (Breton), subespècie [feminine] (Catalan), á-chéng [Hokkien] (Chinese), 亞種 (Chinese Cantonese), 亚种 (aa³ zung²) (Chinese Cantonese), 亞種 (Chinese Mandarin), 亚种 (yàzhǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), poddruh [masculine] (Czech), underart [common-gender] (Danish), ondersoort (Dutch), subspecio (Esperanto), alamliik (Estonian), alalaji (Finnish), sous-espèce [feminine] (French), subespecie [feminine] (Galician), ქვესახეობა (kvesaxeoba) (Georgian), Unterart [feminine] (German), Rasse [feminine] (German), Subspezies [feminine] (German), υποείδος (ypoeídos) [neuter] (Greek), תת-מין (Hebrew), alfaj (Hungarian), subsebbangan (Ilocano), upaspesies (Indonesian), subespecie (Interlingua), fospeiceas [masculine] (Irish), sottospecie [feminine] (Italian), 亜種 (ashu) (alt: あしゅ) (Japanese), subspesies (Javanese), 아종 (ajong) (Korean), subspecies [feminine] (Latin), pasuga (Latvian), porūšis (Lithuanian), Ünneroort [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), Raaß [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), Rooß [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), подвид (podvid) [masculine] (Macedonian), subspesies (Malay), sottospeċi [feminine] (Maltese), underart [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), underart [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), زیرگونه (Persian), podgatunek (Polish), subespécie [feminine] (Portuguese), subspecie (Romanian), подви́д (podvíd) [masculine] (Russian), subspecies (Scots), pȍdvrsta [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), poddruh [masculine] (Slovak), podvrsta [feminine] (Slovene), subespecie [feminine] (Spanish), underart [common-gender] (Swedish), துணையினம் (tuṇaiyiṉam) (Tamil), ఉపజాతి (upajāti) (Telugu), ชนิดย่อย (Thai), alt tür (Turkish), kiçi görnüş (Turkmen), підвид (pidvyd) [masculine] (Ukrainian), loài phụ (Vietnamese), phân loài (Vietnamese), isrywogaeth [feminine] (Welsh), undersoarte (West Frisian), көрүҥ үөдүҥэ (körüñ üödüñe) (Yakut)
    Sense id: en-subspecies-en-noun-U2MN8KNg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms prefixed with sub- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 36 4 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 61 33 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 40 28 32 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy Disambiguation of 'rank in the classification of organisms': 87 10 3
  2. (taxonomy) A taxon at that rank, often indicated with trinomial nomenclature (such as Felis silvestris silvestris in zoology and Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii in botany). Categories (topical): Taxonomy
    Sense id: en-subspecies-en-noun-0KoO-wBf Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
  3. A subdivision of a species in other scientific disciplines.
    Sense id: en-subspecies-en-noun-qTZ6yjnX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ssp. [abbreviation], subsp. [abbreviation] Derived forms: chronosubspecies, ecosubspecies, ichnosubspecies, infrasubspecies, intersubspecies, intrasubspecies, microsubspecies, nothosubspecies, palaeosubspecies, subspecific Related terms: infraspecific, infraspecific epithet, quasispecies, subspecific, subspecific epithet, subspecific name, cultivar, strain, variety

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          "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
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          "roman": "ypoeídos",
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          "word": "תת-מין"
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          "word": "subsebbangan"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
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          "word": "fospeiceas"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
          "tags": [
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          "alt": "あしゅ",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ashu",
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          "word": "아종"
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          "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
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          "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
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          "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Ünneroort"
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          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
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          "roman": "podvíd",
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          "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
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          "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pȍdvrsta"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "poddruh"
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
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          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "tuṇaiyiṉam",
          "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
          "word": "துணையினம்"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "subespécie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "word": "subspecie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podvíd",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подви́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "word": "subspecies"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pȍdvrsta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poddruh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "podvrsta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "subespecie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "underart"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tuṇaiyiṉam",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "word": "துணையினம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "upajāti",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "word": "ఉపజాతి"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "word": "ชนิดย่อย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "word": "alt tür"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "word": "kiçi görnüş"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidvyd",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "підвид"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "word": "loài phụ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "word": "phân loài"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "isrywogaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "word": "undersoarte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "körüñ üödüñe",
      "sense": "rank in the classification of organisms",
      "word": "көрүҥ үөдүҥэ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "subspecies"
}

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