Usually means: Groups within families, sharing characteristics.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word subfamilies:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. subfamilies: Merriam-Webster
  2. subfamilies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. subfamilies: Collins English Dictionary
  4. subfamilies: Vocabulary.com
  5. subfamilies: Wordnik
  6. subfamilies: Wiktionary
  7. subfamilies: Dictionary.com
  8. Subfamilies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. subfamilies: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. subfamilies: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. subfamilies: Medical dictionary

(Note: See subfamily as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (subfamily)

noun:  (taxonomy) A taxonomic category ranking between a family and a genus; formerly called a tribe.
noun:  A secondary or subordinate grouping.
▸ Also see subfamily


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