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superfamily

noun

Etymology

From super- + family.

  1. derived from familia
  2. inherited from famylye
  3. formed as superfamily — “super- + family”

Definitions

  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. A large group of related proteins or other molecules.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for superfamily. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA