SUBFAMILY
Dictionary entry overview: What does subfamily mean? • SUBFAMILY (noun)
The noun SUBFAMILY has 1 sense:
1. (biology) a taxonomic category below a family
Familiarity information: SUBFAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SUBFAMILY (noun)
Meaning:
(biology) a taxonomic category below a family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("subfamily" is a kind of...):
taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Holonyms ("subfamily" is a member of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
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