In evolutionary ecology, an ecotype, sometimes called ecospecies, describes a genetically distinct geographic variety, population, or race within a species, which is genotypically adapted to specific environmental conditions.

What's the meaning of Ecospecies?

: a subdivision of a cenospecies that is capable of free gene interchange between its members without impairment of fertility but is less capable of fertile crosses with members of other subdivisions of the cenospecies and that is typically more or less equivalent to the taxonomic species.

Is Ecospecies a word?

noun Ecology. a taxon consisting of one or more interbreeding ecotypes: equivalent to a taxonomic species.