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SUPERORDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does superorder mean?
• SUPERORDER (noun)
The noun SUPERORDER has 1 sense:
1. (biology) a taxonomic group ranking above an order and below a class or subclass
Familiarity information: SUPERORDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(biology) a taxonomic group ranking above an order and below a class or subclass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("superorder" 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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