prefamily
English
editNoun
editprefamily (plural prefamilies)
- (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, , 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.