meaning of subkingdom
1. 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.
2. biology a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom
Related Words
subkingdom | subkingdom metazoa | subkingdom parazoa |