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.
Source: wiktionary
Superfamily
Synonyms for "superfamily" (16 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
3 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- superfamília noun (taxonomic category)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 總科 /总科 noun (taxonomic category)
Finnish
2 entries- superperhe noun (group of related proteins or other molecules)
- yläheimo noun (taxonomic category)
French
2 entries- superfamille noun (taxonomic category)
- superfamille noun (group of related proteins or other molecules)
Galician
1 entries- superfamilia noun (taxonomic category)
German
3 entries- Oberfamilie noun (taxonomic category)
- Superfamilie noun (taxonomic category)
- Überfamilie noun (taxonomic category)
Italian
1 entries- superfamiglia noun (group of related proteins or other molecules)
Portuguese
1 entries- superfamília noun (group of related proteins or other molecules)
Spanish
1 entries- superfamilia noun (group of related proteins or other molecules)
Swedish
1 entries- överfamilj noun (taxonomic category)
Volapük
2 entries- lefamül noun (taxonomic category)
- superfamilia noun (taxonomic category)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The genus Saipanetta has been suggested to be a surviving relict of the metacopidan superfamily Healdiacea because of its muscle scar pattern and narrow duplicature; nevertheless, it differs from the Metacopida in its more complex hingement, lack of a distinct contact groove, exaggerated domiciliar asymmetry, and lack of posterior ridges or angulations.
Source: wiktionary
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.