Definition of taxonomic category Taxonomic category
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What does taxonomic category mean?
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| taxonomic category - animal or plant group having natural relations | ||
| taxonomic group, taxon | ||
| biological group a group of plants or animals | ||
| adapid, adapid group 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 | ||
| omomyid, omomyid group 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 | ||
| kingdom a basic group of natural objects | ||
| subkingdom (biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom | ||
| variety a difference that is usually pleasant; "he goes to France for variety"; "it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic" | ||
| phylum (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes | ||
| subphylum (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class | ||
| superphylum (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and below a class or subclass | ||
| class elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class" | ||
| subclass (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order | ||
| superclass (biology) a taxonomic class below a phylum and above a class | ||
| order the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" | ||
| suborder (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order | ||
| superorder (biology) a taxonomic group ranking above an order and below a class or subclass | ||
| family primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family" | ||
| superfamily (biology) a taxonomic group ranking below an order but above a family | ||
| subfamily (biology) a taxonomic category below a family | ||
| tribe (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily | ||
| genus a general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism" | ||
| subgenus (biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species | ||
| monotype a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters | ||
| species a specific kind of something; "a species of molecule"; "a species of villainy" | ||
| subspecies, race (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species | ||
| var., variant, strain, form an intense or violent exertion | ||
| type a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper; "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up" | ||
| group pteridospermae, group pteridospermaphyta, pteridospermae, pteridospermaphyta used in some classification systems: a group of extinct fossil gymnosperms coextensive with the order Cycadofilicales | ||
| centrospermae, group centrospermae used in former classification systems; approximately synonymous with order Caryophyllales | ||
| amentiferae, group amentiferae used in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins | ||
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