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SUBKINGDOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("subkingdom" 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subkingdom"):
Parazoa; subkingdom Parazoa (multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum Porifera)
Metazoa; subkingdom Metazoa (multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system)
