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Webster 1913 Edition
Subkingdom
Sub-king′dom
,Noun.
One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in Zoology, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia.
Definition 2024
subkingdom
subkingdom
English
Noun
subkingdom (plural subkingdoms)
- (taxonomy) A taxonomic category below kingdom and above superphylum.
- (uncommon) A kingdom that is part of another kingdom, ruled by a subking.
Synonyms
- (taxonomy): subregnum