Definition of subkingdom in English:
subkingdom
noun ˈsʌbkɪŋdəmˈsəbˌkɪŋdəm
Biology A taxonomic category that ranks below kingdom and above phylum or division.
Example sentencesExamples
- These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes: plants that lack true roots, stems, leaves, and flowers.
- It is impossible to divide the first two subkingdoms according this principle and we can consider that there is only one type in each of them.
- They are placed in their own subkingdom because they are so unlike any other animals.
- Amoeboflagellates and mitochondrial cristae in eukaryote evolution: megasystematics of the new protozoan subkingdoms Eozoa and Neozoa.
- After their discovery, the kingdom of Protista was then latter subdivided into subkingdoms.
Definition of subkingdom in US English:
subkingdom
nounˈsəbˌkiNGdəmˈsəbˌkɪŋdəm
Biology A taxonomic category that ranks below kingdom and above phylum or division.
Example sentencesExamples
- After their discovery, the kingdom of Protista was then latter subdivided into subkingdoms.
- These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes: plants that lack true roots, stems, leaves, and flowers.
- It is impossible to divide the first two subkingdoms according this principle and we can consider that there is only one type in each of them.
- They are placed in their own subkingdom because they are so unlike any other animals.
- Amoeboflagellates and mitochondrial cristae in eukaryote evolution: megasystematics of the new protozoan subkingdoms Eozoa and Neozoa.