microspecies

noun

mi·​cro·​species

"+

plural microspecies

: a small usually localized population slightly but effectively differentiated from related forms compare macrospecies

Word History

Etymology

micr- + species

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Rhymes for microspecies

• interspecies
• multispecies
• species
• subspecies