'Suborder' definitions:
Definition of 'suborder'
(from WordNet)
noun
(biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order
Definition of 'Suborder'
From: GCIDE
- 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 Compositae. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suborder'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing '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,
- suborder maniraptora,
- suborder manteodea,
- suborder marginocephalia,
- suborder megachiroptera,
- suborder megaloptera,
- suborder menotyphla,
- suborder menurae,
- suborder microchiroptera,
- suborder mugiloidea,
- suborder myomorpha,
- suborder mysticeti,
- suborder myxiniformes,
- suborder myxinoidei,
- suborder natantia,
- suborder nematocera,
- suborder nothosauria,
- suborder odontoceti,
- suborder ophidia,
- suborder ornithomimida,
- suborder ornithopoda,
- suborder oscines,
- suborder osteostraci,
- suborder otides,
- suborder pachycephalosaurus,
- suborder passeres,
- suborder percoidea,
- suborder petromyzoniformes,
- suborder pinnipedia,
- suborder plesiosauria,
- suborder prosauropoda,
- suborder prosimii,
- suborder reptantia,
- suborder ruminantia,
- suborder sauria,
- suborder sauropoda,
- suborder sauropodomorpha,
- suborder sciuromorpha,
- suborder scombroidea,
- suborder scorpaenoidea,
- suborder serpentes,
- suborder strepsirhini,
- suborder tarsioidea,
- suborder theropoda,
- suborder thyreophora,
- suborder tyranni,
- suborder xenarthra,
- suborder zygoptera,
- The Denticete including the dolphins and sperm whale which have teeth Another suborder Zeuglodontia is extinct The Sirenia were formerly included in the Cetacea but are now made a separate order