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subspecies

/suhb-spee-sheez, suhb-spee-/US // ˈsʌbˌspi ʃiz, sʌbˈspi- //UK // (ˈsʌbˌspiːʃiːz) //

亚种,子种,分种,亚型

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sub·spe·cies.

    • : a subdivision of a species, especially a geographical or ecological subdivision.

Examples

  • High office for a Hollywood (or some subspecies of) celebrity is not as outlandish as it once was—say, five or 10 minutes ago.

  • This is inconsistent with the ordinarily accepted concept of subspecies.

  • Also, on the basis of this same index, some subspecies of D. ordii are more generalized than is any other species in the genus.

  • Intergradation occurs with the latter subspecies at Vernal, Uintah County, in cranial measurements and in color.

  • Six different complexes (groups) of subspecies of D. ordii have probably arisen as a result of geographical separation.

  • Intergrades with Dipodomys ordii utahensis are discussed under the account of that subspecies.