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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a distinct and often subordinate group within a group;

2. (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Subgroup \Sub"group`\, n. (Biol.) A subdivision of a group, as of animals. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

subgroup n 1: a distinct and often subordinate group within a group 2: (mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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