suborder
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If you like mammal species from the suborder Vermilingua (meaning "worm tongue")...
The March Madness Teams to Cheer If Yours Got Bounced | Ben Teitelbaum | March 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe wings are ample and are somewhat folded or plaited, from which character the suborder takes its name.
Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects | C. V. RileyClosely allied to the latter suborder is the suborder Plecoptera, which includes the single family Perlid or Stone-flies.
Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects | C. V. RileyRostrif′era, a suborder of gasteropods, with contractile rostrum or snout.
Crabs of this suborder inhabit all seas of the globe, and are found from the shore to great depths.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote Arnold
The group of rays and Hasse's order of Cyclospondyli we may consider each as a suborder of Tectospondyli.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) | David Starr Jordan
British Dictionary definitions for suborder
/ (ˈsʌbˌɔːdə) /
biology a taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order
Derived forms of suborder
- subordinal, adjective
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Scientific definitions for suborder
[ sŭb′ôr′dər ]
A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an order and containing one or more families.
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