n., pl., -lies.
A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an order or its subdivisions and above a family.
superfamily
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su·per·fam·i·ly (sū'pər-făm'ə-lē)  |
| Veterinary Dictionary: superfamily |
A group of proteins related in structure but different in function, e.g. immunoglobulin superfamily which includes immunoglobulins, T cell receptor, major histocompatibility class I and II, β2-microglobulin, α/β glycoprotein, neuronal cell-adhesive molecule (N-CAM) and neurocytoplasmic protein 3 (NP3).
| WordNet: superfamily |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family
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 | Ceraphronidae (invertebrate zoology) |
| Acaroidea |
| Prototrupoidea (invertebrate zoology) |
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- Ceraphronidae (invertebrate zoology)
- Acaroidea
- Prototrupoidea (invertebrate zoology)
- Pyrrhocoroidea (invertebrate zoology)
- Hominoidea (in archaeology)
- Dasyuroidea (vertebrate zoology)
- Rissoacea (paleontology)
- Felicola subrostratus
- filaria
- Aepophilidae (invertebrate zoology)
- Agriochoeridae (paleontology)
- Alydidae (invertebrate zoology)
- Amphimerycoidea (paleontology)
- Anaplotheriidae (paleontology)
