superorder

American

[soo-per-awr-der] / ˈsu pərˌɔr dər /

noun

Biology.

a category of related orders within a class or subclass.

superorder British

/ ˈsuːpərˌɔːdə /

noun

biology a taxonomic group that is a subdivision of a subclass

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superorder Scientific

/ so̅o̅′pər-ôr′dər /

A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below a class or subclass and containing one or more orders.

Etymology

Origin of superorder

First recorded in 1885–90; super- + order

Example Sentences

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Rhipidopterygia, rip-i-dop-te-rij′i-a, n.pl. a superorder of teleostomous fishes.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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