Definition of division

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Division (n.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom..

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Ulonata :: Ulonata (n. pl.) A division of insects nearly equivalent to the true Orthoptera.
Dermoptera :: Dermoptera (n. pl.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidae).
Amphibiotica :: Amphibiotica (n. pl.) A division of insects having aquatic larvae.
Holostei :: Holostei (n. pl.) An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix..
Genesee Epoch :: Genesee epoch () The closing subdivision of the Hamilton period in the American Devonian system; -- so called because the formations of this period crop out in Genesee, New York..
Sarcorhamphi :: Sarcorhamphi (n. pl.) A division of raptorial birds comprising the vultures.
Areolation :: Areolation (n.) Division into areolae.
Agrarian :: Agrarian (a.) Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as, the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens..
Paragraph :: Paragraph (n.) Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections..
Dakota Group :: Dakota group () A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from the region where the strata were first studied.
Decacerata :: Decacerata (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata..
Bronchus :: Bronchus (n.) One of the subdivisions of the trachea or windpipe; esp. one of the two primary divisions.
Porifera :: Porifera (n. pl.) A grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; -- called also Spongiae, Spongida, and Spongiozoa. The principal divisions are Calcispongiae, Keratosa or Fibrospongiae, and Silicea..
Protozoa :: Protozoa (n. pl.) The lowest of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom.
Compart :: Compart (v. t.) To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions.
Polystomata :: Polystomata (n. pl.) A division of trematode worms having more two suckers. Called also Polystomea and Polystoma.
Canton :: Canton (n.) A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side..
Heterocera :: Heterocera (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antennae variable in form..
Branching :: Branching (n.) The act or state of separation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch.
Proctotomy :: Proctotomy (n.) An incision into the rectum, as for the division of a stricture..
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