subpopulation

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ population.

Noun

subpopulation (plural subpopulations)

1. A subdivision of a population.

   Holonyms: population; < general population

   Meronym: subsubpopulation

   • 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.