n 1 a  :  an actually or potentially interbreeding group within a species : also  :  a taxonomic category (as a subspecies) representing such a group  b  :  BREED  2  :  one of the three, four, or five divisions based on inherited physical characteristics into which human beings are usu. divided .
 
 
 
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