Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of the geographically separated species that constitute a superspecies.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[allo– (as in allopatric) + species.]
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They had access to 4 different allospecies of the blind mole rat
Ars Technica Diana Gitig 2010
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They had access to 4 different allospecies of the blind mole rat
Ars Technica Diana Gitig 2010
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