'Subfamily' definitions:
Definition of 'subfamily'
(from WordNet)
noun
(biology) a taxonomic category below a family
Definition of 'Subfamily'
From: GCIDE
- Subfamily \Sub*fam"i*ly\, n. (Biol.) One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Subfamily'
- subfamily acoraceae,
- subfamily anserinae,
- subfamily bassariscidae,
- subfamily bovinae,
- subfamily cabombaceae,
- subfamily caesalpinioideae,
- subfamily carduelinae,
- subfamily carpinaceae,
- subfamily cetoniidae,
- subfamily corylaceae,
- subfamily dorylinae,
- subfamily dracaenaceae,
- subfamily dracenaceae,
- subfamily emberizidae,
- subfamily emberizinae,
- subfamily garrulinae,
- subfamily gerbillinae,
- subfamily hydromyinae,
- subfamily loriinae,
- subfamily lutrinae,
- subfamily malaconotinae,
- subfamily melinae,
- subfamily melolonthidae,
- subfamily mephitinae,
- subfamily merginae,
- subfamily mimosoideae,
- subfamily nelumbonaceae,
- subfamily numididae,
- subfamily numidinae,
- subfamily papilionoideae,
- subfamily perdicidae,
- subfamily perdicinae,
- subfamily peristediinae,
- subfamily petauristidae,
- subfamily philadelphaceae,
- subfamily potoroinae,
- subfamily pythoninae,
- subfamily smilacaceae,
- subfamily sterninae,
- subfamily sylviinae,
- subfamily taxodiaceae,
- subfamily triglinae,
- subfamily turdinae,
- subfamily uvulariaceae