suborder

suborder
In biologic classification, a division between order and family.

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sub·or·der 'səb-.ȯrd-ər n a category in biological classification ranking below an order and above a family

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sub·or·der (subґor″dər) a taxonomic category sometimes established, subordinate to an order and superior to a family.

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  • Suborder — Sub*or der, n. (Nat. Hist.) A division of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Composit[ae]. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • suborder — index class Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • suborder — [sub′ôr΄dər] n. any natural subdivision of an order of plants or animals subordinal [subôrd′ n əl] adj …   English World dictionary

  • suborder — noun Date: 1826 a subdivision of an order < a soil suborder >; especially a taxonomic category ranking between an order and a family …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • suborder Theropoda — noun carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous • Syn: ↑Theropoda • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Sauropodomorpha, ↑suborder Sauropodomorpha …   Useful english dictionary

  • suborder Sauropodomorpha — noun gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus, diplodocus and titanosaurs) • Syn: ↑Sauropodomorpha • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Saurischia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • suborder Clamatores — noun used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song; clamatorial birds • Syn: ↑Clamatores • Derivationally… …   Useful english dictionary

  • suborder Hyperotreta — noun hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys • Syn: ↑Myxiniformes, ↑suborder Myxiniformes, ↑Hyperotreta, ↑Myxinoidei, ↑Myxinoidea, ↑suborder Myxinoidei • Hypernyms: ↑animal order …   Useful english dictionary

  • suborder Marginocephalia — noun includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs • Syn: ↑Marginocephalia, ↑marginocephalian • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Ornithischia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • suborder Myxiniformes — noun hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys • Syn: ↑Myxiniformes, ↑Hyperotreta, ↑suborder Hyperotreta, ↑Myxinoidei, ↑Myxinoidea, ↑suborder Myxinoidei • Hypernyms: ↑animal order …   Useful english dictionary

  • suborder Myxinoidei — noun hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys • Syn: ↑Myxiniformes, ↑suborder Myxiniformes, ↑Hyperotreta, ↑suborder Hyperotreta, ↑Myxinoidei, ↑Myxinoidea • Hypernyms: ↑animal order …   Useful english dictionary

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