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Subfamily

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Noun

1. subfamily

(biology) a taxonomic category below a family

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Subfamily

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noun plural -lies

1. biology

a taxonomic group that is a subdivision of a family

2.

any analogous subdivision, as of a family of languages

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Subfamily

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nounWord forms: plural ˈsubˌfamilies

1.

any main natural subdivision of a family of plants or animals

2.

a major division of a language family, above a branch

the Balto-Slavic subfamily of Indo-European languages

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Subfamily

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n. pl. sub·fam·i·lies

1. Biology A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below a family and above a genus.

2. Linguistics A division of languages below a family and above a branch.

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