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Suborder 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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Suborder" : suborder Thyreophora, suborder Blennioidea, suborder Sauropodomorpha, suborder Hyperoartia, suborder Mysticeti, suborder Alcyonacea, suborder Carnosaura, suborder Reptantia, suborder Xenarthra, taxonomic category, suborder Osteostraci, suborder Clamatores, suborder Menurae, suborder Mugiloidea, suborder Marginocephalia, suborder Tyranni, suborder Pinnipedia, suborder Myomorpha, suborder Blattodea, biology, suborder Odontoceti, suborder Passeres, suborder Petromyzoniformes, suborder Oscines, suborder Prosauropoda, suborder Gorgonacea, suborder Nematocera, suborder Megachiroptera, suborder Nothosauria, suborder Hyperotreta, suborder Hystricomorpha, suborder Ornithomimida, suborder Gorgoniacea, suborder Cephalaspida, suborder Lacertilia, suborder Heteroptera, suborder Lipotyphla, suborder Microchiroptera, suborder Ceratosaura, suborder Natantia, suborder Brachyura, suborder Prosimii, biological science, suborder Lari, order, suborder Homoptera, suborder Limicolae, suborder Otides, suborder Megaloptera, suborder Ruminantia, suborder Scombroidea, suborder Sciuromorpha, suborder Theropoda, suborder Strepsirhini, taxon, suborder Anisoptera, suborder Sauropoda, suborder Sauria, suborder Tarsioidea, suborder Myxinoidei, suborder Percoidea, suborder Heterostraci, suborder Serpentes