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infracohort

infracohort noun: one of the ranks used in classifying animal life forms; an infracohort is more specific than a subcohort and more general than a subtercohort.

Noun

infracohort (plural infracohorts)

  1. One of the ranks used in classifying animal life forms; an infracohort is more specific than a subcohort and more general than a subtercohort.
    • taxonomists have been inventing a confusing raft of ranks, such as phalanxes, infracohorts and supertribes2004 September 11, New Scientist, page 13

Forms of infracohort

pluralinfracohorts

Origin of infracohort

From infra- + cohort.

Questions about infracohort

What does infracohort mean?
Infracohort means one of the ranks used in classifying animal life forms; an infracohort is more specific than a subcohort and more general than a subtercohort.
What part of speech is infracohort?
Infracohort is a noun.
What is the plural of infracohort?
The plural of infracohort is infracohorts.

Words near infracohort in the dictionary

  1. infraclass
  2. infraclasses
  3. infraclavicular
  4. infraclinical
  5. infraclinoid
  6. infracohort
  7. infracohorts
  8. infracolic
  9. infracommissural
  10. infracommunities
  11. infracommunity

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