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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
subfamily/ˈsʌbfamɪli/

▶noun (pl. subfamilies) a subdivision of a group.

■ Biology a taxonomic category that ranks below family and above tribe or genus.

'subfamily' also found in these Oxford entries:

army ant - cardinal - cercopithecine - flying squirrel - goat-antelope - Indo-Iranian - Omotic - phocine - sea snake - Semitic - tanager - tribe - vole

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