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Definition of Subspecific
1. Adjective. (biology) pertaining to a subspecies. Usage as a formal term of nomenclature: only in zoology and bacteriology, not in botany. Informal usage is not restricted. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subspecific
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subspecific
Literary usage of Subspecific
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"subspecific Classification Subspecies in Arceuthobium do not conform to commonly
accepted definitions. Four species of North American dwarf mistletoes show ..."
2. Index-catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology. Authors: A-Z. by Charles Wardell Stiles, Albert Hassall (1908)
"ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SPECIFIC AND subspecific NAMES IN TREMATODA. The following
is a complete list of all the specific and subspecific names of Trematoda, ..."
3. ... A Revision of the Tenebrionid Subfamily Conintina by Thomas Lincoln Casey (1908)
"The specific or subspecific modifications known to me may be outlined as follows : —
Body moderately convex, stout, very obtusely rounded behind, ..."
4. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"But specific or subspecific rank is not determined by the amount or greatness of
differences, but rather by their constancy. However small the differences ..."
5. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds Adopted by by American Ornithologists' Union (1886)
"When it becomes necessary to divide a composite species or subspecies, the old
specific or subspecific name is to be retained for that form or portion of ..."
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