macrospecies

noun

mac·​ro·​species

¦makrō+

: a large and usually polymorphic biological species markedly discontinuous from its congeners : a polytypic species compare linnaean species , microspecies

Word History

Etymology

macr- + species

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Rhymes for macrospecies

• interspecies
• multispecies
• species
• subspecies