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subclass

[ suhb-klas, -klahs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a primary division of a class.
a subordinate class, especially one of persons who lack the rights and privileges of the primary class:
a subclass of migrant workers.
Biology. a category of related orders within a class.

subclass

/ ˈsʌbˌklɑːs /

subclass

/ sŭb′klăs′ /

A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below a class and containing one or more orders.

First recorded in 1810–20; sub- + class

The Iulid are cylindrical insects and occur in moist places, as do most of the representatives of this subclass.

This limitation of parts places them in a higher rank than the corals of the first subclass.

Yet arbitrary preference for classification in the headstock subclass may bep.

All subclasses indented under another subclass are species to the genus represented by the subclass under which they are indented.

Exhaustive division may be secured by maintaining always a residual or miscellaneous subclass.

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