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- noun Plural form of
subkingdom .
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Examples
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He divided animals into four great subkingdoms: Vertebrates, Mollusca, Articulata,
Thomas Henry Huxley A Sketch Of His Life And Work Mitchell, P Chalmers 1900
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In the Cambrian, Ordovician, and Silurian the invertebrates were represented in all their subkingdoms by a varied fauna.
The Elements of Geology William Harmon Norton 1900
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Much or all of this vast differentiation was accomplished before the opening of the next era; for all the subkingdoms are represented in the Cambrian except the vertebrates.
The Elements of Geology William Harmon Norton 1900
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