subspecies

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Recent Examples of subspecies Scientists, nature enthusiasts and that rare subspecies of humanity obsessed with spiders all come to witness something remarkable: hordes of fuzzy, fist-sized male tarantulas emerging from their burrows to scour the shortgrass prairie for mates. David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subspecies
Noun
  • What's more, the trend was especially pronounced in certain subgroups.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Fortunately, the industry wasn’t designed with one subgroup of individuals in mind.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The underrated sale section is a hub for seriously steep discounts—up to 63% off—on garden decor, lights, and tools to help give your yard a little TLC this fall.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2025
  • While the rest of Burning Man celebrated, Kruglov lay prostrate on the ground at a faraway campsite in a comparatively desolate section of Black Rock City, his throat slashed, as a puddle of blood congealed around his lifeless body.
    Denver Nicks, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That includes a subdivision map dividing the property into six lots and a request to replace the current zoning with a custom zoning plan tailored to The Village.
    Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The site is the last piece of the Fairbourne subdivision.
    Rose Evans September 12, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Eating a wide variety of nutrient-rich foods helps maintain a balanced gut microbiome.
    Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Forbes publishes a variety of rankings, including the best employers and the richest people.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But these large molecules have cast a long shadow over a smaller subclass of proteins called microproteins.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
  • This is particularly true of a subclass called Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), devices that implement our communication networks, or control infrastructure such as power grids or chemical plants.
    Guy Fedorkow, IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • The top three countries on the list suggest that hospital systems of all sorts have the capacity to implement new technologies that improve patient outcomes.
    Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Husseini’s successor of sorts, his distant cousin Yasser Arafat, also resorted to murder and intimidation.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In other words, their booming success as a species is directly tethered to our own.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Auron recently found a plant that turned out to be a partridge pea, a legume species native to the East Coast that has bright yellow flowers in summer and fall.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Psilocybin comes from several mushroom species, including some in the genus.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
  • However, a genus can also be monotypic, containing only one single, unique species such as a narwhal, ginkgo tree or platypus.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025

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