Subfamily

2 definitions found

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

  Subfamily \Sub*fam"i*ly\, n. (Biol.)
     One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into
     which certain families are divided.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  subfamily
       n : (biology) a taxonomic category below a family