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SUBPHYLUM (subphyla)
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Irregular inflected form: subphyla
Dictionary entry overview: What does subphylum mean?
• SUBPHYLUM (noun)
The noun SUBPHYLUM has 1 sense:
1. (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class
Familiarity information: SUBPHYLUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("subphylum" 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 ("subphylum" is a member of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
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