taxon
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1. animal or plant group having natural relations (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | adapid, adapid group, |
| definition | : | extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | omomyid, omomyid group, |
| definition | : | extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | kingdom, |
| definition | : | the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | subkingdom, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | variety, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | phylum, |
| definition | : | (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | subphylum, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | superphylum, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and below a class or subclass (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | class, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | subclass, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | superclass, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic class below a phylum and above a class (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | order, |
| definition | : | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | suborder, |
| definition | : | (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | superorder, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group ranking above an order and below a class or subclass (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | family, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | superfamily, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | subfamily, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic category below a family (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | tribe, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | genus, |
| definition | : | (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | subgenus, |
| definition | : | (biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | monotype, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus) (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | species, |
| definition | : | (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | race, subspecies, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | form, strain, var., variant, |
| definition | : | (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | type, |
| definition | : | (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | phycomycetes, phycomycetes group, |
| definition | : | a large and probably unnatural group of fungi and funguslike organisms comprising the Mastigomycota (including the Oomycetes) and Zygomycota subdivisions of the division Eumycota; a category not used in all systems (noun.plant) |
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