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A taxonomic category below phylum and above class
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
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(biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English phylum English subphylum From sub- + phylum.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
亞門 /亚门
(yàmén)
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class
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Finnish:
alajakso
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class
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Finnish:
alakaari
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class
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French:
sous-phylum
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class
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German:
Unterstamm
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class
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German:
Subphylum
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class
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Greek:
υποφύλο
(ypofýlo)
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class
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Greek:
υποσυνομοταξία
(yposynomotaxía)
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class
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Icelandic:
undirfylking
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class
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Japanese:
亜門
(amon)
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class
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Polish:
podtyp
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class
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Portuguese:
subfilo
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class
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Swedish:
underfylum
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class
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Swedish:
understam
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class
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Tagalog:
kubsanghay
— taxonomic category below phylum and above class