Superfamily

The term superfamily is used to describe several different concepts in different scientific fields:

  • Superfamily (zoology) and Superfamily (biology): a level of biological classification; redirects to Taxonomic rank
  • Superfamily (linguistics): in comparative linguistics, another term for "macrofamily"
  • Font superfamily is used to describe a large typographic family containing fonts from several classifications.
  • Superfamily (molecular biology): in molecular biology, a large group of related proteins or other molecules.
    • Ras superfamily, a superfamily of cellular proteins.
  • Superfamily (band): a Norwegian pop band
  • SUPERFAMILY: database of annotation for all proteins