infracohort

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noun

One of the ranks used in classifying animal life forms; an infracohort is more specific than a subcohort and more general than a subtercohort.

OriginEnglish cohort ← Latin īnfrā →
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Meanings

nouninfracohort (plural infracohorts)

plural infracohorts

  1. biologyOne of the ranks used in classifying animal life forms; an infracohort is more specific than a subcohort and more general than a subtercohort.

    taxonomists have been inventing a confusing raft of ranks, such as phalanxes, infracohorts and supertribes

    2004 September 11, New Scientist, page 13

Origin

  1. Latinīnfrā
  2. Englishinfra-
  3. Englishcohort
  4. Englishinfracohort

From infra- + cohort.

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