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(biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family
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Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. Modern classification has its roots in the system of Carolus Linnaeus, who grouped species according to shared physical characteristics. These groupings have been revised since Linnaeus to improve consistency with the Darwinian principle of common descent. ...
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In linguistics, a superfamily (or macrofamily) is a phyletic unit encompassing several language families. The term is generally used for conjectural families, e.g. the Nostratic, Dene-Caucasian, Altaic, and Proto-World groupings. The term is typically invoked to describe theoretical associations between established language families (e.g. between Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic languages, in the case of Altaic), and has come to carry a connotation of hypothesis, and therefore, controversy. ...
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A group of functionally or structurally related proteins.
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Group of related families.
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