"subfamily" meaning in English

See subfamily in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: subfamilies [plural]
Etymology: From sub- + family. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|family}} sub- + family Head templates: {{en-noun}} subfamily (plural subfamilies)
  1. (taxonomy) A taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe. Categories (topical): Taxonomy Translations (taxonomic category): subfamilie (Afrikaans), onderfamilie (Afrikaans), iskerentiad [masculine] (Breton), subfamília [feminine] (Catalan), podčeleď [feminine] (Czech), underfamilie [common-gender] (Danish), onderfamilie [feminine] (Dutch), subfamilie [feminine] (Dutch), alaheimo (Finnish), sous-famille [feminine] (French), Unterfamilie [feminine] (German), Subfamilie [feminine] (German), upafamili (Indonesian), upakeluarga (Indonesian), Ünnerfamilie [feminine] (Low German), subkeluarga (Malay), subfamili (Malay), podrodzina [feminine] (Polish), subfamília [feminine] (Portuguese), sub-familie [feminine] (Romanian), подсеме́йство (podseméjstvo) [neuter] (Russian), subfamilia [feminine] (Spanish), underfamilj [common-gender] (Swedish), kub-angkanhay (Tagalog), ఉపకుటుంబము (upakuṭumbamu) (Telugu), donafamül (Volapük), subfamilia (Volapük), is-deulu [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. A secondary or subordinate grouping.
    Sense id: en-subfamily-en-noun--rzr7zwO Categories (other): English terms prefixed with sub- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sub-: 42 58

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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "upakuṭumbamu",
      "sense": "taxonomic category",
      "word": "ఉపకుటుంబము"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "taxonomic category",
      "word": "donafamül"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "taxonomic category",
      "word": "subfamilia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "taxonomic category",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "is-deulu"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "subfamily"
  ],
  "word": "subfamily"
}

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