Definition of Subraces

1. Noun. (plural of subrace) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subraces

1. subrace [n] - See also: subrace

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subraces

subquadrate
subquadratic
subquadruple
subqualities
subquality
subquark
subquarks
subqueries
subquery
subquest
subquests
subquintuple
subquiver
subquivers
subrace
subraces (current term)
subradiance
subradiant
subrange
subranges
subrational
subreader
subreaders
subrecoil
subrector
subrectors
subregion
subregional
subregionals
subregions

Literary usage of Subraces

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1869)
"(Five subraces are described.) The Third Race of this group have the bill short, broad, and deep, ... Of neither of these latter are any subraces mentioned. ..."

2. The Direction of Human Evolution by Edwin Grant Conklin (1921)
"In addition to these primary races there are many subraces and breeds, most if not all of them being of hybrid origin. Indeed there are few if any types of ..."

3. The Direction of Human Evolution by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"In addition to these primary races there are many subraces and breeds, most if not all of them being of hybrid origin. Indeed there are few if any types of ..."

4. Reports of the Immigration Commission by William Paul Dillingham (1911)
"No one, I think, will contend that the Jews belong to any other than the group called Caucasian, which doubtless includes many varieties or subraces. ..."

5. A Text-book of Grasses with Especial Reference to the Economic Species of by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1914)
"The third race, which includes the common wheats, he divides in four subraces: A. Glumes distinctly keeled only in the upper half, rounded or only slightly ..."

6. Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Charles Abram Ellwood (1910)
"They belong to the Slavic and Mediterranean subraces of the white race. Now, the Slavic and Mediterranean races have never shown the capacity for ..."

7. Iridiagnosis and Other Diagnostic Methods by Henry Lindlahr (1919)
"The first three offshoots of the great Aryan race—the Hindoo, Arabian and Iranian or Persian subraces—underwent a gradual change from the copper color of ..."

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