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Subfamily   /sˈəbfˌæməli/   Listen
Subfamily

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



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"Subfamily" Quotes from Famous Books



... that I can find no valid characters for separating these three genera as a family from the other Poduras, I am inclined to think that they form, by the absence of the spring, only a subdivision (perhaps a subfamily) ...
— Our Common Insects - A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, - Gardens and Houses • Alpheus Spring Packard



Words linked to "Subfamily" :   biological science, biology, taxonomic group, taxon, taxonomic category, Latinae, family



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