Subclass

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subclass \Sub"class`\, n.
     One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into
     which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous
     subclass of exogens.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  subclass
       n : (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an
           order

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "subclass":
     biotype, branch, class, family, genotype, genus, kingdom, order,
     phylum, section, series, species, subfamily, subgenus, subkingdom,
     suborder, subspecies, subtribe, superclass, superfamily,
     superorder, superspecies, tribe, variety
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  subclass
       
          {derived class}