subtype
Category within category
A subtype is a category within a larger category—a more specific classification that shares characteristics with its parent type while having distinguishing features of its own.
In biology, a viral subtype shares core traits with related strains but differs in specific ways.
In programming, a subtype inherits properties from a broader type: The function accepts any subtype of Animal.
The verb means to classify something as a subtype.
Taxonomic rank above species
- familyRelated people together
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- phylumMajor classification rank
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
domain · class · subclass · superfamily · tribe · cladistics · phylogenetics · systematics
A class of things
- subcategorySubdivision of classification
- classGrouping by shared traits
- groupAssembled collection of things
- kindType or caring
sort · variant · version · form · division · branch · subset · partition
genus
Taxonomic rank above species
kingdom · domain · class · subclass · superfamily · tribe · cladistics · phylogenetics · systematics · nomenclature
category
A class of things
- subcategorySubdivision of classification
- classGrouping by shared traits
- groupAssembled collection of things
kind · sort · variant · version · form · division · branch · subset · partition · segment
species
Finest taxonomic rank
- subspeciesTaxonomic rank beneath species
- strainExcessive stretching force
- cultivarBred plant variety
breed · variety · morph · genotype · phenotype · biotype · isolate · lineage · clone · allele
tier
Horizontal structural layer
echelon · gradation · order · ranking · position · standing · subordinate · superordinate · nested · branching
- classificationcategory, classification, group, cataloging, grouping
- classificationsclassified, hierarchical, class, unclassified, categorical
- "Sub-" wordssubway, subtract, subject, suburb, submit
- divisionssection, sections, segment, segments, subdivision
- Enneagramreformer, helper, achiever, individualist, investigator
- Exceptionsexception, exemption, exclusion, special case, anomaly
subtypesuperclass
Category above class
genus · superordinate · hypernym · archetype · prototype