meaning of suborders
1. 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 Compositae.
2. biology taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order
Related Words
suborder | suborder alcyonacea | suborder anisoptera | suborder anseres | suborder anthropoidea | suborder blattaria | suborder blattodea | suborder blennioidea | suborder brachyura | suborder carnosaura | suborder cephalaspida | suborder ceratopsia | suborder ceratosaura | suborder charadrii | suborder clamatores | suborder euronithopoda | suborder eurylaimi | suborder gorgonacea | suborder gorgoniacea | suborder heteroptera | suborder heterostraci | suborder homoptera | suborder hyperoartia | suborder hyperotreta | suborder hystricomorpha | suborder lacertilia | suborder lari | suborder lemuroidea | suborder limicolae | suborder lipotyphla |
