Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quasispecies

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: qua-sis-pecies
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of organisms once (but no longer) thought to be a separate species (and sometimes given such a name)

noun

A group of similar nucleic acid molecules; a group of organisms (especially viruses) having such similar genomes.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- English species English quasispecies From quasi- + species.

Frequently Paired Words

infraspecific subspecies cultivar strain variety

Questions

What does quasispecies mean?: A group of organisms once (but no longer) thought to be a separate species (and sometimes given such a name)
Where does quasispecies come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- English species English quasispecies From quasi- + species.

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