FORM FAMILY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("form family" is a kind of...):

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

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