prefamily

English

Noun

prefamily (plural prefamilies)

1. (taxonomy, rare) A taxonomic rank above the level of family.
   • 1974, George C. Steyskal, “Recent Advances in the Primary Classification of the Diptera”, in Annals of the Entomological Society of America, volume 67, number 3, →DOI, pages 513–517:

     The shifting of the superfamily a step upward by Griffiths and the introduction of the prefamily for the category usually called superfamily, is I believe, unfortunate.

Anagrams

• reamplify