Definition of Suborder

Sub`or´der
n.1.(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 Compositæ.


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biotype, blood, bracket, branch, caste, category, clan, class, division, estate, family, genotype, genus, grade, group, grouping, head, heading, kin, kingdom, label, level, order, phylum, pigeonhole, position, predicament, race, rank, rating, rubric, section, sept, series, set, species, station, status, strain, stratum, subclass, subdivision, subfamily, subgenus, subgroup, subkingdom, subspecies, subtribe, superclass, superfamily, superorder, superspecies, title, tribe, variety


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Submuscular
Subnarcotic
Subnasal
Subnascent
Subnect
Subnex
Subnormal
Subnotation
Subnotochordal
Subnuvolar
Subobscurely
Subobtuse
Suboccipital
Suboctave
Subocular
Subofficer
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Suboperculum
Suborbicular
Suborbital
Subordinacy
Subordinance
Subordinary
Subordinate
Subordination
Subordinative
Suborn
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Suborner
Suboval
Subovate
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Suboxide
Subpeduncular
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Subpellucid
Subpena
Subpentangular
Subpericardial
Subperiosteal
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