SUBPHYLUM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: subphyla

Meaning:

(biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("subphylum" 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)

Holonyms ("subphylum" is a member of...):

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)