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PRONUNCIATION OF SUBFAMILIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUBFAMILIES

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preposition
conjunction
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Subfamilies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SUBFAMILIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

subfamilies

Subfamily

In biological classification, a subfamily is an auxiliary taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoological names with "-inae".

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUBFAMILIES

suberise
suberization
suberize
suberose
subfactorial
subfamily
subfertile
subfertility
subfeu
subfeudation
subfeudatory
subfield
subfile
subfix
subfloor
subfluid
subfossil
subfreezing
subfusc
subfuscous

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUBFAMILIES

allies
applies
as the crow flies
butterflies
dailies
doilies
families
flies
happy families
homilies
implies
lilies
relies
replies
service families
superfamilies
supplies
the Two Sicilies
to play happy families
Two Sicilies

Synonyms and antonyms of subfamilies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «subfamilies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUBFAMILIES

Find out the translation of subfamilies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of subfamilies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «subfamilies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

亚科
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

subfamilias
570 millions of speakers

English

subfamilies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

subfamilies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحت العوائل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подсемейства
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

subfamílias
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপগোত্রে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sous-familles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Subfamili
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unterfamilien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

亜科
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아과
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Subfamili
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phân họ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

subfamilies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उपमहाली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alt ailesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sottofamiglie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podrodziny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підродини
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

subfamilii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποοικογένειες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

subfamilies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

subfamiljer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

underfamilier
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of subfamilies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBFAMILIES»

The term «subfamilies» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.992 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBFAMILIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about subfamilies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBFAMILIES»

Discover the use of subfamilies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to subfamilies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Systematics and Evolution of the Genera in the Subfamilies ...
The composition of genera in the subfamilies Usiinae and Phthiriinae has varied considerably, with some genera being placed in the Usiinae in one classification, and in the Phthiriinae in another (Table II). Despite the various classifications ...
N. L. Evenhuis, 1989
2
Australian Blattidae of the Subfamilies Chorisoneurinae and ...
The material representing the remaining subfamilies of the Australian Blattidae as contained in the representations submitted by the institutions above listed, as well as that at the Academy, has been systematically arranged and prepared for ...
Morgan Hebard, 2007
3
The families and subfamilies of Canadian chalcidoid wasps ...
Aimed at assisting amateur and professional entomologists, technical assistants and students in recognizing the families and subfamlies of chacidoids known to occur in Canada, primarily through the use of illustrated keys.
Carl M. Yoshimoto, 1984
4
Sphecid Wasps of the World: A Generic Revision
Diversity within the Sphecidae is such that the lines of demarcation between subfamilies are not always definite, and the intermediate forms and exceptions to the rule in all of the larger groups make it nearly impossible to present a workable  ...
Richard Mitchell Bohart, Arnold S. Menke, 1976
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Hymenoptera: Evolution, Biodiversity and Biological Control
Phylogenetic analyses of some individual subfamilies and a few groups of subfamilies have been undertaken [Labeninae- Gauld 1983; 'Oxytorinae' ( MicroleptinaesensH Townes) - Wahl 1986; Ophioninae- Gauld 1985; Pimplinae ( sensu law) ...
Andrew Austin, Mark Dowton, 2000
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Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds
Smith (1975), based on analysis of a range of morphological, anatomical and behavioural characters, recognised four subfamilies: Psittacinae (African parrots, excluding Agapornis, lovebirds), Arinae (New World parrots), Platycercinae ...
Les Christidis, Walter Boles, 2008
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The Population of the United States: 3rd Edition
Number of with the number of subfamilies nearly doubling between 1981 and 1985, and most of this was in mother-child subfamilies which rose to constitute nearly two of every three subfamilies. In the years from 1980 to 1992 married- couple ...
Richard E. Barrett, Donald J. Bogue, Douglas L. Anderton, 2010
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The Coccidae: Tables for the Identification of the ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Alexander Dyer Macgillivray, 2012
9
Wolbachia: A Bug's Life in Another Bug
Basic information can be summarized as follows: (1) there is some evidence for a deep branching of the two subfamilies of the Filariidae [9, 26]; (2) within the Onchocercidae (which encompasses eight subfamilies), there is evidence for a deep ...
Achim Hoerauf, Ramakrishna U. Rao, 2007
10
Methods in Proteome and Protein Analysis
These approaches are also unable to split the multiple sequence alignments into functional subfamilies, or to identify the residues responsible for such division. In this section, we review, chronologically, computational methods to identify ...
Roza Maria Kamp, Juan J. Calvete, Theodora Choli-Papadopoulou, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUBFAMILIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term subfamilies is used in the context of the following news items.
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The role of species competition in biodiversity
Via a Bayesian analytic framework, the researchers have determined that the two extinct subfamilies that form the basis of their study were ultimately wiped out ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
2
Bromeliads of every stripe in collector's garden
Here are a few of the better known species of the family Bromeliaceae, of which there are three subfamilies, 57 genera, and nearly 3,200 species (not counting ... «The New Orleans Advocate, May 15»
3
Lineage specific evolution of the VNTR composite retrotransposon …
The younger SVA subfamilies harbour highly organized internal RU arrays. The composition of these arrays is specific to the human/chimpanzee and orangutan ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
4
New Lucid Key to North American Rove Beetle Subfamilies
Michael Ferro, Margaret Thayer, Alfred Newton, and Jong-Seok Park have created an interactive, online Lucid key to North American subfamilies of ... «Entomology Today, Apr 15»
5
Many flavours of supernova
The relative abundances of the two subfamilies seem to have changed over the past several billion years, a fact that could complicate their use as markers of ... «Nature.com, Apr 15»
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'Satellite DNA transcripts have diverse biological roles in Drosophila'
Several 1.688 arrays underwent different homogenization for chromosome-specific or array-specific repeat variants (that is, satDNA subfamilies), as a result of ... «Nature.com, Mar 15»
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TSI Incorporated Launches PolyMax™ Plastics Analyzer
The analyzer is preloaded with a comprehensive library of materials allowing users to rapidly identify plastics in any form from all major families and subfamilies ... «PR Newswire, Mar 15»
8
How Many Families Would Be Left Out by Obama's Tax Plan?
(Married teen-parent subfamilies, of whom there were nine, were dropped from the sample.) Family income is the sum of wage/salary incomes of the household ... «Family Studies, Jan 15»
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THE MOST FROM THE COAST !
Afzelia quanzensis is a member the subfamily Caesalpini-oideae (the Bauhinia ... The flowers are relatively large and showier than those of other subfamilies. «Coastweek, Jul 14»
10
Functional Analysis of Nuclear Localization Signals in VP1-2 …
We examined this determinant in representative VP1-2s from all herpesvirus subfamilies, demonstrated NLS function, dissected key residues, and showed ... «Journal of Virology, Apr 14»

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