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subkingdom

[ suhb-king-duhm, suhb-king- ]

noun

Biology.
  1. a category of related phyla within a kingdom.


subkingdom

/ ʌˈɪŋə /

noun

  1. biology a taxonomic group that is a subdivision of a kingdom
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

subkingdom

/ ŭĭԲ′də /

  1. A subdivision of a kingdom of organisms. A subkingdom contains one or more phyla.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of subkingdom1

First recorded in 1815–25; sub- + kingdom
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Example Sentences

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It embraces several subkingdoms, and under these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variously arranged by different writers.

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These three classes or subkingdoms, as perhaps they might be termed from analogy with systems of biological classifications, are in technical language: 1.

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Regards Protozoa as subkingdom and the four great divisions as phyla.

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The communication between individuals is especially characteristic of vertebrates, and in the higher members of that subkingdom it plays a very great r�le in aiding the work of consciousness.

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In the Cambrian, Ordovician, and Silurian the invertebrates were represented in all their subkingdoms by a varied fauna.

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