superclass
- Noun. (taxonomy) A taxon ranking below a phylum and above a class.
- Noun. (computing, object-oriented programming) A high-level class that passes attributes and methods down the hierarchy to subclasses.
- Verb. (transitive) (computing, object-oriented programming) To create a superclass of.
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