Term: type: (biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
Broader: group: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Unrelated: monopolization: domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion of others
Broader: group: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Unrelated: acrogen: any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem
Broader: group: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Unrelated: automation: the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware
Broader: group: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Unrelated: silver spoon: the inherited wealth of established upper-class families
Broader: group: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Unrelated: argentinidae: small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts
Broader: group: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Unrelated: helvellaceae: family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous
Broader: group: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Unrelated: nuclear winter: a long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war; a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun; most living organisms would perish
Broader: group: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Unrelated: honeycomb: a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
Broader: group: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Unrelated: united states coast guard: an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce
Broader: group: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit | Unrelated: urosaurus: a reptile genus of Iguanidae