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Family (taxa)

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_%28biology%29)

In biological classification, family (Latin: familia) is a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the prefix sub-: subfamily (Latin: subfamilia). (Wikipedia)

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This term is used for the following terms: 
familia

Approved Date
20-Dec-2012

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