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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Subgroup \Sub"group'\, noun (Biol.) A subdivision of a group, as of animals. --Darwin.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
subgroup
noun
1: a distinct and often subordinate group within a group
2: (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "subgroup": adjunct, blood, bracket, branch, caste, category, clan, class, component, contingent, cross section, detachment, detail, division, dole, estate, fraction, grade, group, grouping, head, heading, installment, item, kin, label, level, order, parcel, part, particular, percentage, pigeonhole, portion, position, predicament, quadrant, quarter, quota, race, random sample, rank, rating, remainder, rubric, sample, sampling, section, sector, segment, sept, set, share, station, status, strain, stratum, subdivision, suborder, subspecies, title
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