subfamily
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subfamily
noun subfamilies
- A taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe.
- A secondary or subordinate grouping. There is a handy font editor tool in the engine, where you can import your font and create family and subfamily for your font (for example, the same font can have a family for its bold, italic, light, and dark style as its subfamily).
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noun taxonomic category
| Español | subfamilia |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 亞科 /亚科 yàkē |
| Português | subfamília |
| Français | sous-famille |
| Deutsch | Unterfamilie, Subfamilie |
| Italiano | sottofamiglia |
| Ελληνικά | υποοικογένεια ypooikogéneia |
| Română | sub-familie |
| Русский | подсеме́йство podseméjstvo |
Talk about this word "subfamily." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/subfamily. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. subfamily. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/subfamily "subfamily." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/subfamily.
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@misc{subfamily_2026,
title = {subfamily},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/subfamily},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
