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What does the word class mean?

In zoological classification the division next below the phylum ( or subphylum) and above the order.
An assemblage of a certain number of objects. In Natural History and in Medicine, a group of objects or individuals having one or more common characters. The classes are divided into orders, the orders into genera, the genera into species, and these last into varieties.

Usage examples for class

I hoped we could settle it in the class. – Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days by Nell Speed
There was, however, another class, and to these Stubber had given deep attention. – The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever
Some class to that girl, now, believe me! – The Lookout Man by B. M. Bower

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What does the word class mean?

Usage examples for class