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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 classplay

  Familiarity information: SUPERCLASS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUPERCLASS (noun)


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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