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subspecies

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Definition of subspecies

as in subgroup

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Recent Examples of subspecies Today, it is estimated there are more than 1 million of all subspecies flying across North America and eastern Siberia. — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2022 Nearly 1,200 rare and endangered species and subspecies are represented. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022 This subspecies called Sarada superba is only found on India's Chalkewadi plateau and is identifiable by its blue, orange and black throat. — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Oct. 2022 White tigers are not a separate species or subspecies of tiger. — Riley Davis, Discover Magazine, 25 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for subspecies

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Eli was born in 1979 and raised in rural Ohio as part of Andy Weaver Amish, a conservative subgroup of Old Order Amish.

— Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
The first subgroup that got the lowest dose was followed for 18 months, while the subgroup that got the highest dose was followed for just three months so far.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026

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Whether driven by admiration or nostalgia for his first spell, the club’s fans flooded the comments section welcoming back their hero.

— Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 24 July 2026
All of these tariffs are being instituted using a variety of different statutes, known by three-digit numbers - 122, 338, 232, 301 - for the sections of laws being invoked.

— Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 24 July 2026

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Lionfish supplanted indigenous stocks like the red mullet to the dismay of fishers, who have seen local varieties popular with customers greatly diminish.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
But the Idaho Statesman covered a wide variety of other news.

— Chadd Cripe. Produced with AI assistance, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026

Definition of variety

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This suggests that tissue disintegration may be a species-specific structural response to high-energy impacts.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
The authors suggest this might have something to do with species-specific structural response to the impact, while noting that the rudder-like tail makes a handy grip for the orca to hold the prey in place.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026

Definition of species

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In 2021, Zhongtang Yu, a rumen microbiologist at Ohio State University, sequenced the very first rumen ciliate genome from a species called Entodinium caudatum; its genus includes roughly 90% of all ciliates in livestock rumens.

— Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 27 July 2026
The plant is a species of pyrrocoma, a genus of perennial North American wildflowers also known as goldenweeds.

— Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2026

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