superclass

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

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