infracohort
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
infracohort (plural infracohorts)
- (taxonomy) one of the ranks used in classifying animal life forms; an infracohort is more specific than a subcohort and more general than a subtercohort
- 2004 September 11, New Scientist, page 13:
- taxonomists have been inventing a confusing raft of ranks, such as phalanxes, infracohorts and supertribes