'Subclass' definitions:
Definition of 'subclass'
(from WordNet)
noun
(biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order
Definition of 'Subclass'
From: GCIDE
- Subclass \Sub"class`\, n. One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'subclass'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- biotype,
- branch,
- class,
- family,
- genotype,
- genus,
- kingdom,
- order,
- phylum,
- section,
- series,
- species,
- subfamily,
- subgenus,
- subkingdom,
- suborder,
- subspecies,
- subtribe,
- superclass,
- superfamily,
- superorder,
- superspecies,
- tribe,
- variety
Words containing 'Subclass'
- subclass acnidosporidia,
- subclass actinopoda,
- subclass alismatidae,
- subclass amphineura,
- subclass anapsida,
- subclass archaeornithes,
- subclass archosauria,
- subclass arecidae,
- subclass asteridae,
- subclass branchiopoda,
- subclass caryophyllidae,
- subclass cirripedia,
- subclass cnidosporidia,
- subclass commelinidae,
- subclass copepoda,
- subclass crossopterygii,
- subclass diapsida,
- subclass dibranchia,
- subclass dibranchiata,
- subclass dilleniidae,
- subclass dipnoi,
- subclass discomycetes,
- subclass elasmobranchii,
- subclass entomostraca,
- subclass euascomycetes,
- subclass euryalida,
- subclass eutheria,
- subclass exopterygota,
- subclass hamamelidae,
- subclass heterobasidiomycetes,
- subclass holocephali,
- subclass homobasidiomycetes,
- subclass infusoria,
- subclass lepidosauria,
- subclass liliidae,
- subclass magnoliidae,
- subclass malacostraca,
- subclass metatheria,
- subclass ophiurida,
- subclass opisthobranchia,
- subclass ostracoda,
- subclass pantotheria,
- subclass phytomastigina,
- subclass prototheria,
- subclass rhizopoda,
- subclass rosidae,
- subclass selachii,
- subclass synapsida,
- subclass teleostei,
- subclass telosporidia,
- subclass zoomastigina