Subfamily is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SUBFAMILY in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a taxonomic division of a family, of one or more genera
• a subdivision of a group.
• a taxonomic category that ranks below family and above tribe or genus, usually ending in -inae (in zoology) or -oideae (in botany).
• taxonomic group that is a subdivision of a family
• One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided.
• (biology) a taxonomic category below a family
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a category in biological classification ranking below a family and above a genus

Words related to SUBFAMILY

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How to use SUBFAMILY in a sentence

• Representatives of this sub-family continue through the Oligocene and Miocene of North America, becoming rare and localised in the Pliocene and then disappearing altogether.
• This sub-family comprises the true baboons of Africa and the monkey-like baboons of India.

Similar words containing FAMI without suffix ly and without prefix sub

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