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Definition of Subfamilies
1. subfamily [n] - See also: subfamily
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subfamilies
Literary usage of Subfamilies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"... are the Prince's subfamilies and genera :— a. ... with the following subfamilies:—
Genera:—Progne, Boie; ..."
2. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1907)
"Two "subfamilies" are recognized by the latest authority on the group." These are
said to differ in the relative development of the ..."
3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1892)
"IM IS \ OF I III »II Miti: \< II» I OF NORTH AMERICA. BY FW GODINO, MD, PH. D.
Synopsis of subfamilies. .4 ..."
4. A Classification of the mosquitoes of North and Middle America by Daniel William Coquillett (1906)
"There are characters in the eggs and larvae also which support the differentiation
of these subfamilies, but these are not given here, since the larva; ..."
5. The Systematic Relationships of the CoccaceŒ: With a Discussion of the by Charles-Edward Amory Winslow, Anne (Rogers) Winslow (1908)
"subfamilies AND GENERA OF THE ... altho the characters by which we originally
defined these subfamilies require modification and extension. ..."
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