Definition of Families

1. Noun. (plural of family) ¹

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Definition of Families

1. family [n] - See also: family

Lexicographical Neighbors of Families

familiarizations
familiarize
familiarized
familiarizer
familiarizers
familiarizes
familiarizing
familiarly
familiarness
familiarnesses
familiars
familiary
familicidal
familicide
familicides
families (current term)
familism
familisms
familist
familisteries
familistery
familistic
familistical
famils
family-size
family Acanthaceae
family Acanthisittidae
family Acanthuridae
family Acaridae

Literary usage of Families

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"It will be manifestly impossible to catalogue the species or the genera in this way, and it will be obvious that a classification from families will be ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"which in turn are divided into families. Oltmanns does not use the terms ' class ' and ' order ' in the volume at hand, and for this reason brackets are ..."

3. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (1897)
"This is thus far the best record that has been made of the families of an Indian tribe. ... THE REGISTRATION OF INDIAN families. BY MISS ALICE C. FLETCHER. ..."

4. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association (1902)
"Some two or three, where the relation is doubtful, have been included in families to which they are presumed to belong, though the evidence is not ..."

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