Superphylum

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A taxonomic category above phylum and below subkingdom
  2. 2
    (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and below a class or subclass wordnet

Example

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"These two animals belong to the same superphylum."

Etymology

From super- + phylum.

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