subfamily
IPA: sˈʌbfæmʌɫi
noun
- (taxonomy) A taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe
- A secondary or subordinate grouping.
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Examples of "subfamily" in Sentences
- Petropedetinae are a subfamily of frogs.
- And together, they will become a subfamily.
- Plains Apache is the most divergent member of the subfamily.
- Most of the beetles of this subfamily feed exclusively on dung.
- Let's treat it as a subfamily in the article about the subfamily.
- The Plains Apache language was the most divergent member of the subfamily.
- Pouched rats are a group of African rodents in the subfamily Cricetomyinae.
- The distribution of the subfamily is predominantly in the northern hemisphere.
- Basic Chromosome Number of Four in the Subfamily Panicoideae of the Gramineae.
- Most of the languages of this subfamily straddle the border between Chiapas and Guatemala.
- The dung beetle subfamily Scarabaeinae is a cosmopolitan group of insects that feed primarily on dung.
- According to Ethnologue. com, the Chol belong to the Chol-Chontal subfamily of the Maya Linguistic Group.
- This 'subfamily' is a critical area of family life all around the world, regardless of cultural influence.
- This month, IF Editor Cat Wayland talks about the "subfamily" of siblings in her newly launched IF mag blog.
- Most cool season cereal, forage and turf grasses belong to the Pooideae subfamily, which is also the largest grass subfamily.
- On the origins of Hippopotamidae together with descriptions of two species, a new genus and a new subfamily from the Miocene of Kenya.
- In the era immediately following World War II, the subfamily was a convenient startup arrangement for young couples newly married and as a residential arrangement for an elderly dependent parent in the home of a son or daughter.