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Subspecies vs Currawong - What's the difference?

subspecies | currawong |

As nouns the difference between subspecies and currawong

is that subspecies is (biology|taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below species while currawong is any of the three species, and several subspecies, of large, mainly black, predatory passerine birds in the genus strepera , of the family artamidae, endemic to australia.

subspecies

English

Noun

(subspecies)
  • (biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below species
  • (biology, taxonomy) A taxon at that rank
    • In zoology and bacteriology, subspecies is the only rank below that of species which is formally accepted by the relevant nomenclatural Code.

    Synonyms

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    currawong

    English

    (wikipedia currawong) (Strepera)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the three species, and several subspecies, of large, mainly black, predatory passerine birds in the genus Strepera , of the family Artamidae, endemic to Australia.
  • * 1983 , Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers , Penguin 2009, p. 68:
    • Currawongs and cookaburras woke him early.
  • *1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 174:
  • *:She has small unblinking eyes like a currawong , turning its head on one side and staring malevolently […].

    • Derived terms

    * black currawong * black-winged currawong * brown currawong * clinking currawong * grey currawong * pied currawong