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Thesaurus: subkingdom

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 P…

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  1. 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.
  2. n. (biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom
  3. One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in zoölogy, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia.
  4. One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, orvegetable kingdom, as, in zoölogy, the Vertebrata, Tunicata,Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, andthe Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia.
  5. n. (biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom