Subfamily

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe.
  2. 2
    (biology) a taxonomic category below a family wordnet
  3. 3
    A secondary or subordinate grouping.

    "There is a handy font editor tool in the engine, where you can import your font and create family and subfamily for your font (for example, the same font can have a family for its bold, italic, light, and dark style as its subfamily)."

Synonyms

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branchclassfamilygenotypegenuskingdom

Example

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"The Bantu languages are a subfamily of the Niger-Congo languages."

Etymology

From sub- + family.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.