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Superfamily

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A taxonomic category above family and below order (and its subdivisions).

    "There is no reason to deny a natural sequence or to split off genera only to have to attempt later to re-insert them into the whole by means of subordos and superfamilies."

  2. 2
    (biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family wordnet
  3. 3
    A large group of related proteins or other molecules.

Etymology

From super- + family.

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