Usually means: Distinct population within a species.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word subspecies:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. subspecies: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. subspecies: Merriam-Webster
  3. subspecies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. subspecies: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. subspecies: Collins English Dictionary
  6. subspecies: Vocabulary.com
  7. Subspecies, subspecies: Wordnik
  8. subspecies: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. subspecies: Wiktionary
  10. subspecies: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. subspecies: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. subspecies: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. subspecies: Dictionary.com
  14. Subspecies (film series), Subspecies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Subspecies: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. subspecies: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. subspecies: Rhymezone
  18. subspecies: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. subspecies: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. subspecies: FreeDictionary.org
  21. subspecies: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. subspecies: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Subspecies (biology), subspecies: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Subspecies (biology), subspecies: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. subspecies: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Subspecies (biology), subspecies: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  4. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Avian Terms For Use in Avian Conservation Biology (No longer online)
  6. Biodiversity (No longer online)

(Note: See subspecific as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below species.
noun:  (taxonomy) A taxon at that rank, often indicated with trinomial nomenclature (such as Felis silvestris silvestris in zoology and Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii in botany).
noun:  A subdivision of a species in other scientific disciplines.

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