familia

familia

The category of taxonomic classification between order and genus (see taxon). Organisms within a family share a close similarity; for example, the cat family, Felidae, which includes lions and domestic cats.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Archaeology
Category: Evolution
Company:
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

familias

Biology; General

1. In taxonomy, term applied to subcategories within orders. 2. Term applied to a group of similar things, such as languages, chromosomes, etc.

familia, descendencia

Education; SAT vocabulary

The relation of parent to child, of the producer to the produced, or of cause to effect.

familia monogámica

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A social group, found among lesser apes and other primates, consisting of a single mated pair and their young offspring.

hongos

Archaeology; Evolution

A group of organisms comprising the kingdom Fungi, which includes molds and mushrooms. They can exist either as single cells or make up a multicellular body called a mycelium. ...

ley

Archaeology; Evolution

A description of how a natural phenomenon will occur under certain circumstances.

pirimidina

Archaeology; Evolution

A kind of base. In DNA, cytosine (C) and thymine (T) are pyrimidines. In RNA, cytosine (C) and uracil (U) are pyrimidines.

ecosistema

Archaeology; Evolution

A community of organisms interacting with a particular environment.

célula fotorreceptora

Archaeology; Evolution

A cell, functionally part of the nervous system, that reacts to the presence of light. It usually contains a pigment that undergoes a chemical change when light is absorbed. This ...

mitocondria

Archaeology; Evolution

A kind of organelle in eukaryotic cells. Mitochondria produce enzymes to convert food to energy. They contain DNA coding for some mitochondrial proteins.