- subfamily
- noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1833 1. a category in biological classification ranking below a family and above a genus 2. a subgroup of languages within a language family
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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subfamily — [sub′fam΄ə lē, sub′fam΄lē] n. pl. subfamilies 1. any main natural subdivision of a family of plants or animals 2. a major division of a language family, above a branch [the Balto Slavic subfamily of Indo European languages] … English World dictionary
Subfamily — Sub*fam i*ly, n. (Biol.) One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
subfamily — 1) a category of the family group subordinate to family 2) an individual taxon of the category subfamily , e.g. Salmoninae. The recommended ending is inae … Dictionary of ichthyology
subfamily Dracaenaceae — noun one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae • Syn: ↑Dracenaceae, ↑subfamily Dracenaceae, ↑Dracaenaceae • Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Agavaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
subfamily Dracenaceae — noun one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae • Syn: ↑Dracenaceae, ↑Dracaenaceae, ↑subfamily Dracaenaceae • Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Agavaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
subfamily Emberizidae — noun buntings and some New World sparrows • Syn: ↑Emberizidae, ↑subfamily Emberizinae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Fringillidae, ↑family Fringillidae … Useful english dictionary
subfamily Emberizinae — noun buntings and some New World sparrows • Syn: ↑Emberizidae, ↑subfamily Emberizidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Fringillidae, ↑family Fringillidae … Useful english dictionary
subfamily Garrulinae — noun subfamily of the crow family: jays • Syn: ↑Garrulinae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Corvidae, ↑family Corvidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
subfamily Numididae — noun guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar • Syn: ↑Numididae, ↑Numidinae, ↑subfamily Numidinae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Phasianidae, ↑f … Useful english dictionary
subfamily Numidinae — noun guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar • Syn: ↑Numididae, ↑subfamily Numididae, ↑Numidinae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Phasianidae, ↑f … Useful english dictionary
subfamily Perdicidae — noun Old World partridges • Syn: ↑Perdicidae, ↑Perdicinae, ↑subfamily Perdicinae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Phasianidae, ↑family Phasianidae … Useful english dictionary
