Subkingdom

2 definitions found

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

  Subkingdom \Sub*king"dom\, n.
     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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  subkingdom
       n : (biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a
           kingdom