Subkingdom

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A taxonomic category of related organisms constituting a major division of a kingdom.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A taxonomic category below kingdom and above superphylum.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in zoölogy, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Cœlentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A prime subdivision of the animal kingdom; a superclass corresponding to the “branches” or “embranchements” of French zoölogists, as Cuvier, who recognized the four subkingdoms of the vertebrates, mollusks, articulates, and radiates.
  • n. In botany, a primary division of the vegetable kingdom; the highest class below the kingdom itself.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    taxonomic category    taxonomic group    taxon   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    kingdom   
     
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