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noun
A taxonomic category below kingdom and above superphylum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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noun
A kingdom that is part of another kingdom, ruled by a subking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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noun
(biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
Narrower terms: Parazoa, subkingdom Parazoa, Metazoa, subkingdom Metazoa
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *kunją Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kwo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *kuningaz Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dhóh1mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-Germanic *kuningadōmaz Proto-West Germanic *kuningadōm Old English cyningdōm Middle English kingdom English kingdom English subkingdom From sub- + kingdom.
