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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Subclass

· Sub·class · IPA /ˈsʌbklæs/
01 n. One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens.
  1. 1.
    One of the natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens.