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subclassify

American  
[suhb-klas-uh-fahy] / sʌbˈklæs əˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

subclassified, subclassifying
  1. to arrange in subclasses.


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Etymology

Origin of subclassify

First recorded in 1905–10; sub- + classify

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The reigning discipline in biology was taxonomy, an elaborate attempt to classify and subclassify all living things into distinct categories: Kingdoms, Phylae, Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, and Species.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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