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Meaning of SUBKINGDOM

Pronunciation:  sub'kingdum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  (biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom
 
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 See Also: Metazoa, Parazoa, subkingdom Metazoa, subkingdom Parazoa, taxon, taxonomic group

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sub*king"dom\, n.
One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or
vegetable kingdom, as, in zo["o]logy, the Vertebrata,
Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata,
C[oe]lentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia,
and the Cryptogamia.
 
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