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Definition of Subclass

1. Noun. (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order.

Definition of Subclass

1. n. One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens.

Definition of Subclass

1. Noun. (taxonomy) A rank directly below class ¹

2. Noun. (computing) In object-oriented programming, an object class derived from another class (its superclass) from which it inherits a base set of properties and methods. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive computing) In object-oriented programming, to create a subclass of. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subclass

1. to place in a subdivision of a class [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subclass

Literary usage of Subclass

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"VIII. of the 'Cambridge Natural History.' CLASS REPTILIA. subclass ... subclass Sauria. Orders: Lacertilia (Lizards) ; Ophidia (Serpents). ..."

2. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1883)
"The following subclasses conveniently separate the immense number of molluscan types having the gastropod structure : subclass ..."

3. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1882)
"The following subclasses conveniently separate the immense number of molluscan types having the gastropod structure : subclass ..."

4. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1882)
"... radii sessile on the sides of the basal bones of the limbs, rarely entering the articulation. As here understood, this subclass is equivalent to the ..."

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