infraspecific
adjective
infraspecific is an adjective meaning “Pertaining to a taxon at a rank lower than species, such as subspecies (in certain kingdoms only), strains, and varieties” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-N-F-R-A-S-P-E-C-I-F-I-C, and it appears about once in every 38 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does infraspecific mean?
adjective
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Pertaining to a taxon at a rank lower than species, such as subspecies (in certain kingdoms only), strains, and varieties.
Holonyms: specific < generic < familial
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is infraspecific?
Infraspecific appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does infraspecific come from?
From infra- + specific.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).