单词 | subspecies |
释义 | subspeciesn. A subdivision of a species; a subcategory; Biology a taxonomic category ranking below species and above variety; a group of this rank.The subspecies in biology has been variously defined and is frequently regarded as synonymous with ‘race’. It is represented by the third term (in italics) in a Latin trinomial, which may be preceded (in plant names) by ‘ssp.’ or ‘subsp.’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > taxonomy > taxon > [noun] > species or sub-species shapec1400 species1608 subspecies1681 semispecies1825 infima species1843 conspeciesa1856 incipient species1859 relic1873 biological species1876 biological race1878 microspecies1897 clan1916 Jordanon1916 twin species1931 supraspecies1938 sibling species1940 species pair1942 phenon1943 biospecies1953 ochlospecies1962 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §vi. 150 Thus far the Titles and Descriptions [sc. of shells]; the Schemes follow, which take in all, save one or two of the Sub-Species. 1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland ii. 75 There are..four sorts of these long-leg'd Fowls..as so many Sub-Species of the same Kind; viz. Crab catchers, Clocking-Hens [etc.]. 1807 A. Aikin & C. R. Aikin Dict. Chem. & Mineral. II. 13/2 Arseniat of Lead. Of this there are two subspecies. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species ii. 51 No clear line of demarcation has as yet been drawn between species and sub-species..or, again, between sub-species and well-marked varieties. 1881 J. C. Morrison in Encycl. Brit. XII. 19/1 Verse narrative..is..a sub~species by itself. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 994 When a species includes clearly different sub-species it is convenient to use three names. Thus the mountain hare..is usefully called Lepus timidus scoticus. 1950 Hudson Rev. 2 586 It is not surprising..that an important theme in the more bourgeois novel should be the parody of romance and its ideals... This subspecies ranges from the spoofing of Northanger Abbey to the clinical analyses of Madame Bovary and Lord Jim. 1971 Watsonia 8 286 A cytotaxonomic study of the collective species Lamiastrum galeobdolon in England and Wales showed two subspecies with different ploidy levels. 2006 Washington Post (Nexis) 21 Feb. a3 The Florida panther, officially considered an endangered subspecies, is for all practical purposes identical to the cougar. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1681 |
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