Look up: family

1. Family
   a taxonomic level including one or more genera of common phylogenetic origin and distinct from taxa of the same rank. [The Latin names of animal families end in '-idae'.]
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2. Family
   In classification, a family is a group of related or similar organisms. A family contains one or more genera (plural of genus). A group of similar families forms an order.
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3. Family
   One genus or several genera which have a basically similar floral pattern make up a family (i.e. LILLACEAE (lily), IRIDACEAE (iris), ROSACEAE (rose), ORCHIDACEAE (orchid))
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4. family
   In the hierarchy of taxonomy, the rank or category below order and above genus. Unlike the names of genera, species, and subspecies, names at the level of family (and above) are not italicized or otherwise distinguish from surrounding text. The name of the family begins with an uppercase letter (for example, 'the family Cyprinidae in Ohio...'), whereas references to the members of a particular family are lower cased (for example, 'the cyprinids of Ohio ...'). The same conventions of style and usage apply to names used to designate taxa at the level of subfamily. For example, North America's pupfishes and their close relatives are contained in the subfamily Cyprinodontinae; they are referred to as cyprinodontines.
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5. Family
   A group of related plants or animals; in classification systems, family falls between order and genus in identifying living things.
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6. Family
   Consumers who have children still living at home.
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7. family
   All the type sizes and styles of one font. The group shares a common design but can differ in attributes such as character width and weight, (eg. noun ; plural Families . [ Latin familia , from famulus servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, confer faamat he dwells, Sanskrit dhāman house, from dhā to set, make, do: c...
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8. family
   A taxonomic classification between genus and order. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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9. family
   family unit noun primary social group; parents and children; `he wanted to have a good job before starting a family`
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10. family
    house 5 home noun a social unit living together; `he moved his family to Virginia`; `It was a good Christian household`; `I waited until the whole house was asleep`; `the teacher asked how many people made up his home`
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11. family
    folk 2 kinfolk noun people descended from a common ancestor; `his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower`
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12. family
    noun an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; `the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family`; `the church welcomed new members into its fellowship`
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13. family
    two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, and residing together. Source: Census Bureau, cited in Glen Cain's 1976 Handbook article Contexts: labor; sociology
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14. Family
    • (v. t.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; ...
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15. family
    (from the article `asteroid`) Within the main belt are groups of asteroids that cluster with respect to certain mean orbital elements (semimajor axis, eccentricity, and ...
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16. Family
    (from the article `Ba Jin`) ...next four years Ba Jin published seven novels, most of them dealing with social concerns and attacking the traditional family system. Most famous ... Pa Chin, a prominent Anarchist, was the most popular novelist of the period. A prolific writer, he is known primarily for his autobiographical novel ... [...
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17. family
    a group of persons united by the ties of marriage, blood, or adoption, constituting a single household and interacting with each other in their ... [40 related articles]
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