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SUPERCLASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does superclass mean?
• SUPERCLASS (noun)
The noun SUPERCLASS has 1 sense:
1. (biology) a taxonomic class below a phylum and above a class
Familiarity information: SUPERCLASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(biology) a taxonomic class below a phylum and above a class
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("superclass" is a kind of...):
taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
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