suborder
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What’s good enough for him is good enough for her in the suborder Serpentes.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
Snakes, the carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, are universally sinister-looking amniote vertebrates.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2019
Part of the suborder of mammals called toothed whales, they have 10 to 13 conical teeth in each jaw that interlock to crush and shred their prey.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2018
But an inverted, bird-like hip structure and flattened, leaf-shaped teeth – proof of an exclusively vegetal diet – suggested that it also shared traits with another major suborder, the ornithischia.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2017
A few directions may be given for the lower forms, including the Aphididæ, Coccidæ, Aleurodidæ, and Psyllidæ, and the suborder Parasita, including the degraded forms which infest man and the lower animals.
From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.
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