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subsubspecies

subsubspecies noun: a subspecies of a subspecies.

Noun

subsubspecies (plural subsubspecies)

  1. A subspecies of a subspecies.
    • […]and any geographical sections of the whole which have been called by distinct names are, by definition, only subspecies, or even subsubspecies.1898, A[dolf] B[ernhard] Meyer, L[ionel] W[illiam] Wiglesworth, The Birds of Celebes and the Neighbouring Islands, volume I, Berlin: R. Friedländer & Sohn, page 52
    • Kinsey’s species of Cynips are considered to be only subspecies or subsubspecies by Goldschmidt (282).1944, Stanley A. Cain, Foundations of Plant Geography, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, page 383

Forms of subsubspecies

pluralsubsubspecies

Origin of subsubspecies

From sub- + subspecies.

Questions about subsubspecies

What does subsubspecies mean?
Subsubspecies means a subspecies of a subspecies.
What part of speech is subsubspecies?
Subsubspecies is a noun.
What is the plural of subsubspecies?
The plural of subsubspecies is subsubspecies.

Words near subsubspecies in the dictionary

  1. subsubsense
  2. subsubsenses
  3. subsubsequence
  4. subsubsequences
  5. subsubseries
  6. subsubspecies
  7. subsubsubsection
  8. subsubsubsections
  9. subsubtenancies
  10. subsubtenancy
  11. subsubtenant

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