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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 Gorgoniacea, suborder Percoidea, suborder Ornithopoda, suborder Odontoceti, suborder Microchiroptera, taxonomic group, suborder Menotyphla, suborder Osteostraci, suborder Pinnipedia, suborder Limicolae, suborder Maniraptora, suborder Ceratosaura, suborder Clamatores, suborder Mysticeti, suborder Sauria, suborder Euronithopoda, suborder Lipotyphla, suborder Reptantia, suborder Oscines, suborder Heterostraci, suborder Ornithomimida, suborder Thyreophora, suborder Lari, taxonomic category, suborder Tarsioidea, suborder Nothosauria, suborder Otides, suborder Myxinoidei, suborder Megaloptera, suborder Pachycephalosaurus, suborder Prosauropoda, suborder Sciuromorpha, suborder Anseres, suborder Prosimii, suborder Gorgonacea, suborder Myomorpha, suborder Petromyzoniformes, suborder Serpentes, suborder Carnosaura, suborder Ceratopsia, suborder Heteroptera, biological science, order, suborder Passeres, suborder Ophidia, suborder Strepsirhini, suborder Blennioidea, suborder Hyperotreta, suborder Hystricomorpha, taxon, suborder Nematocera, suborder Hyperoartia, suborder Plesiosauria, suborder Eurylaimi, suborder Sauropoda, suborder Scorpaenoidea, suborder Lacertilia, suborder Myxiniformes, suborder Ruminantia, suborder Homoptera, suborder Scombroidea, suborder Alcyonacea, suborder Theropoda, suborder Tyranni, suborder Sauropodomorpha, suborder Natantia, suborder Charadrii, suborder Marginocephalia, suborder Megachiroptera, suborder Menurae, suborder Mugiloidea