Crossword-Solution: SUPERFAMILY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Superfamily | n. | A group intermediate between a family and a suborder. |
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| a category of biological classification ranking below an order and above a family | 1 answer |
| A TAXONOMIC GROUP RANKING BELOW AN ORDER BUT ABOVE A FAMILY | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
CAZEME
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eruption
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PART II THE TRUE BUTTERFLIES SUPERFAMILY _Papilionoidea_ The great suborder of butterflies is commonly separated into two principal groups called superfamilies.
The most authoritative classifications of butterfly families are based upon the peculiarities of wing venation and are admirably discussed in such books as Holland's "Butterfly Book" and Comstock's "How to Know the Butterflies." Without attempting to go into the technical details of structure it will suffice here to give the list of families which compose the superfamily _Papilionoidea_: The Parnassians.
PART III THE SKIPPER BUTTERFLIES SUPERFAMILY _Hesperioidea_ The true butterflies are so distinct in their structure and many of their habits from the Skippers that the most careful students of the order are pretty well agreed in making the two great superfamilies--Papilionoidea, the true butterflies, and Hesperioidea, the Skipper butterflies.
SUPERFAMILY, s[=u]'p[.e]r-fam-i-li, _n._ a group in classification between a suborder and a family, a group of families.
TINEA, tin'[=e]-ä, _n._ the generic name of certain diseases of the skin caused by the growth of microscopic fungi: a genus of small moths of the family _Tineidæ_ and superfamily _Tineina_.--_adj._ TIN'[=E]ID, relating to these moths.