Meanings
adjectivesubendemic (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyPartially endemic.
In a few cases, this procedure had the effect that taxa changed their designation from endemic to subendemic because they have since been found in North African countries, such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunesia, or in parts of western Asia.
2013, Carsten Hobohm, Endemism in Vascular Plants, page 126
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with subendemic
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