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superfamilies

superfamilies is the plural of superfamily.

Meaning of superfamily

Noun

superfamily (plural superfamilies)

  1. A taxonomic category above family and below order (and its subdivisions).
    • 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.1967, Zoologische Verhandelingen, page 32
  2. (molecular biology) A large group of related proteins or other molecules.

Questions about superfamilies

What is superfamilies the plural of?
Superfamilies is the plural of superfamily.

Words near superfamilies in the dictionary

  1. superfakes
  2. superfalse
  3. superfalsehood
  4. superfalsity
  5. superfamilial
  6. superfamilies
  7. superfamily
  8. superfamous
  9. superfan
  10. superfancy
  11. superfandom

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Adapted from Wiktionary: superfamilies (page history and authors); superfamily (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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