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SUBORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suborder mean? 

SUBORDER (noun)
  The noun SUBORDER has 1 sense:

1. (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an orderplay

  Familiarity information: SUBORDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUBORDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("suborder" is a kind of...):

taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Holonyms ("suborder" is a member of...):

order ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families)


 Context examples 


A taxonomic suborder of Gram positive, soil borne bacterium in the phylum Actinobacteria that includes the genera Tropheryma and Ruania, among others.

(Micrococcineae, NCI Thesaurus)

A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below a suborder and above a family.

(Infraorder, NCI Thesaurus)



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