subclass
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~ (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order
subclass Dilleniidae
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~ a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder
subclass Dibranchiata
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~ comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
subclass Cnidosporidia
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~ single-host parasites of lower vertebrates and invertebrates
subclass Alismatidae
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~ one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 500 species in 14 families of aquatic and semiaquatic herbs
subclass Heterobasidiomycetes
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~ category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts
subclass Branchiopoda
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~ primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas
subclass Exopterygota
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~ subclass of insects characterized by gradual and usually incomplete metamorphosis
subclass Eutheria
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~ all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
subclass Magnoliidae
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~ a group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder
subclass Caryophyllidae
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~ a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder
subclass Asteridae
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~ a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder
subclavian artery
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~ either of two arteries that supply blood to the neck and arms
subclinical absence
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~ a transient impairment of cortical function demonstrable only by 3-per-second brainwave spikes
subcommittee
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~ a subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose