subsubspecies
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A subspecies of a subspecies.
Example Sentences
- "[…]and any geographical sections of the whole which have been called by distinct names are, by definition, only subspecies, or even subsubspecies."
- "Kinsey’s species of Cynips are considered to be only subspecies or subsubspecies by Goldschmidt (282)."
- "Cases may also be encountered where very distinct subspecies appear to have been further segregated into what might be equivalent to “subsubspecies.”"
- "Moreover, a species usually encompasses subordinate classification groups such as subspecies (or varieties), subsubspecies (or races), and strains, and these too are distinguished by particular, unique variations (Fig. 16.2)."
Etymology
From sub- + subspecies.