subpopulation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]sub- + population
Noun
[edit]subpopulation (plural subpopulations)
- A subdivision of a population.
- 2023 August 30, Patrick Greenfield, “Why it may be time to stop using the polar bear as a symbol of the climate crisis”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- Last year, the situation was further complicated with the discovery of what appears to be a 20th isolated subpopulation in Greenland that has adapted to use ice from glaciers to aid hunting.