单词 |
semispecies |
释义 |
ˈsemispecies Biol. [semi- 8 e.] A subdivision of a species regarded as having more individuality than does a subspecies.
1940E. Mayr in Amer. Naturalist LXXIV. 256 The taxonomist finds it sometimes useful for practical purposes to treat as full species what should be regarded as subspecies on the basis of the definition. Groups of such ‘semi-species’ are called superspecies in the subsequent discussion. 1953J. S. Huxley Evolution in Action iii. 71 The borderline of incipient species or semi-species. 1978Sci. Amer. Sept. 60/1 Semispecies from the same locality will not crossbreed in the laboratory but semispecies from different localities will. |

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