Definition of Subfamily

1. Noun. (biology) a taxonomic category below a family.

Specialized synonyms: Latinae
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Generic synonyms: Taxon, Taxonomic Category, Taxonomic Group
Group relationships: Family

Definition of Subfamily

1. n. One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided.

Definition of Subfamily

1. Noun. (taxonomy) A taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subfamily

1. [n -LIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subfamily

suberone
suberones
suberose
suberous
suberoyl
suberoylanilide
subers
subesophageal
subessive
subessive case
subexponential
subexpression
subexpressions
subfactor
subfamilies
subfamily (current term)
subfamily Acoraceae
subfamily Anserinae
subfamily Bovinae
subfamily Cabombaceae
subfamily Caesalpinioideae
subfamily Carduelinae
subfamily Carpinaceae
subfamily Cetoniidae
subfamily Corylaceae
subfamily Dorylinae
subfamily Dracaenaceae
subfamily Dracenaceae
subfamily Emberizidae

Literary usage of Subfamily

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

1. Gray's New Manual of Botany: A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of by Asa Gray, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1908)
"Style long. Valves of the capsule cobwebby on the edged. subfamily II. ... Seeds as in subfamily I. * Corolla of 4 or 5 separate petals ; calyx Imperfect or ..."

2. The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of by William Jacob Holland (1898)
"... the Satyrs, Meadow-browns, and Arctics 197 subfamily ... the Whites, the Sulphurs, the Orange-tips 272 subfamily ..."

3. A Monograph of the Jumping Plant-lice: Or Psyllidæ, of the New World by David Livingston Crawford (1914)
"This subfamily was created by Enderlein in 1910 ('10: 138) fora number of unrelated genera, some of which should be referred to ..."

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