taxonomic category vs family

family vs taxonomic category

taxonomic category and family both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
taxonomic category	Yes	No	No	No
family	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, family is a hyponym of taxonomic category; that is, family is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than taxonomic category:

taxonomic category: animal or plant group having natural relations
family: (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera

Other hyponyms of taxonomic category include Adapid, Adapid group, Omomyid, Omomyid group, kingdom, subkingdom, variety, phylum, subphylum, superphylum, class, subclass, superclass, order, suborder, superorder, superfamily, subfamily, tribe, genus, subgenus, monotype, species, race, subspecies, form, strain, var., variant, type, group Pteridospermae, group Pteridospermaphyta, Pteridospermae, Pteridospermaphyta, Centrospermae, group Centrospermae, Amentiferae, group Amentiferae, Phycomycetes, Phycomycetes group.

taxonomic category (noun)	family (noun)
animal or plant group having natural relations	primary social group; parents and children
	people descended from a common ancestor
	a social unit living together
	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
	a collection of things sharing a common attribute
	an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
	a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
	a person having kinship with another or others

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