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superclass

[ soo-per-klas, -klahs ]

noun

, Biology.
  1. a category of related classes classis within a phylum or subphylum.
  2. a subphylum.


superclass

/ ˈsuːpəˌklɑːs /

noun

  1. a taxonomic group that is a subdivision of a subphylum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

superclass

/ so̅o̅pər-klăs′ /

  1. A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below a phylum and containing one or more classes.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of superclass1

First recorded in 1890–95; super- + class
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Example Sentences

It’s some kind of genetic enhancement — rarely fatal — that has created a superclass of young people, completely altering adolescence, college admissions and employment possibilities.

Rapid eye movement sleep helped modern humans’ “rapid evolutionary rise to power” and constitute a “globally dominant social superclass”.

But the two men, who claim to be friends, are both members of the Silicon Valley élite, a superclass at once consumed and blinded by money, world-changing fantasies, and self-preserving reflexes.

And that would happen just in time for the superclass of 2018-19 to arrive.

Together the Five compose a new superclass of American corporate might.

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