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Subphylum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking between a phylum and a class.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A taxonomic category below phylum and above class

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A prime division or main branch of a phylum; a group of a grade next below that of a phylum.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class

Word Usage

"Mammals are then grouped with the classes of other backboned animals, such as reptiles, into a "subphylum," Vertebrata, which is part of the "phylum" Chordata, containing all animals which have a nerve chord at some time in their life cycle."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

taxonomic category taxonomic group taxon

Variant

subphyla