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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an infraorder and above a superfamily.
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- noun taxonomy A
specific taxonomic category abovesuperfamily and belowinfraorder ; ataxon
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin parvus, small; see pau- in Indo-European roots + order.]
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