superfamily
/sˈupɚfˌæmli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A taxonomic category above family and below order (and its subdivisions).
Example Sentences
- "There is no reason to deny a natural sequence or to split off genera only to have to attempt later to re-insert them into the whole by means of subordos and superfamilies."
- "The genus Saipanetta has been suggested to be a surviving relict of the metacopidan superfamily Healdiacea because of its muscle scar pattern and narrow duplicature; nevertheless, it differs from the Metacopida in its more complex hingement, lack of a distinct contact groove, exaggerated domiciliar asymmetry, and lack of posterior ridges or angulations."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English family English superfamily From super- + family.