Definition of suborder. Meaning of suborder. Synonyms of suborder

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Definition of suborder

Suborder
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].

Meaning of suborder from wikipedia

- higher rank, superorder, is sometimes added directly above order, with suborder directly beneath order. An order can also be defined as a group of related...
- and another 5,000 species on land. The order is divided into eleven suborders. The fossil record of isopods dates back to the Carboniferous period (in...
- Feliformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "cat-like" carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, viverrids...
- were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) and neither subordinate...
- Spirulida ?Family †Shimanskyidae Suborder †Groenlandibelina Khromov, 1990 Family †Groenlandibelidae Family †Adygeyidae Suborder †Belopterina Engeser, 1998 Family...
- Sigmurethra has become the suborder Helicina, with the following infraorders and a collection of families with no superfamily: Suborder Helicina ("Non-Achatinoid...
- (sometimes own suborder Ctenodrilida) Family Fauveliopsidae (sometimes own suborder Fauveliopsida) Family Flabelligeridae (sometimes suborder Flabelligerida)...
- Phalangeriformes /fəˈlændʒərɪfɔːrmiːz/ is a paraphyletic suborder of about 70 species of small to medium-sized arboreal marsupials native to Australia...
- Conica are a cnidarian suborder of the Leptomedusae (thecate hydroids). They make up the bulk of their order; their internal relationships are not well...
- †Sylviornithidae Suborder Megapodii Family Megapodidae: megapodes Suborder Craci Family Cracidae: chachalacas, cur****ows, and guans Suborder Phasiani Superfamily...