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subphylum

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A taxonomic category below phylum and above class

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy

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noun

Meaning 2

(biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon

History

Etymology

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.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 亞門 /亚门 (yàmén) — taxonomic category below phylum and above class
  • Finnish: alajakso — taxonomic category below phylum and above class
  • Finnish: alakaari — taxonomic category below phylum and above class
  • French: sous-phylum — taxonomic category below phylum and above class
  • German: Unterstamm — taxonomic category below phylum and above class
  • German: Subphylum — taxonomic category below phylum and above class
  • Greek: υποφύλο (ypofýlo) — taxonomic category below phylum and above class
  • Greek: υποσυνομοταξία (yposynomotaxía) — taxonomic category below phylum and above class
  • Icelandic: undirfylking — taxonomic category below phylum and above class
  • Japanese: 亜門 (amon) — taxonomic category below phylum and above class
  • Polish: podtyp — taxonomic category below phylum and above class
  • Portuguese: subfilo — taxonomic category below phylum and above class
  • Swedish: underfylum — taxonomic category below phylum and above class
  • Swedish: understam — taxonomic category below phylum and above class
  • Tagalog: kubsanghay — taxonomic category below phylum and above class