Subsubspecies

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A subspecies of a subspecies.

    "[…]and any geographical sections of the whole which have been called by distinct names are, by definition, only subspecies, or even subsubspecies."

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"[…]and any geographical sections of the whole which have been called by distinct names are, by definition, only subspecies, or even subsubspecies."

Etymology

From sub- + subspecies.

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