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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