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subspecies

sub.spe.cies \'s*b-.spe--she-z, -se-z\ \.s*b-spi-'sif-ik\ n [NL] : a 
   subdivision of a species : as  : a taxonomic category that ranks 
   immediately below a species and designa tes a morphologically 
   distinguishable and geographically isolated group whose members interbreed 
   successfully with those of other subspecies of the same species where their 
   ranges overlap : a named subdivision (as a race or variety) of a taxonomic 
   species  - sub.spe.cif.ic aj