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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Subkingdom

/səb-kĭng'-dəm/ · Sub·king·dom · IPA /səbkˈɪŋdəm/
01 n. One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in Zoology, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articu…
  1. 1.
    One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in Zoology, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia.