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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subspecific name

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables
sub-speci-fic -name
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The third word in the scientific name of an animal subspecies, following the name of the species.

Inflected Forms

subspecific names (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

infrasubspecific subspecific epithet infraspecific epithet specific name specific epithet species epithet genus name

Questions

What does subspecific name mean?
The third word in the scientific name of an animal subspecies, following the name of the species.

How to pronounce subspecific name

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