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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 above superfamily and below infraorder; a taxon

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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