suborder — index class Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
suborder — [sub′ôr΄dər] n. any natural subdivision of an order of plants or animals subordinal [subôrd′ n əl] adj … English World dictionary
suborder — noun Date: 1826 a subdivision of an order < a soil suborder >; especially a taxonomic category ranking between an order and a family … New Collegiate Dictionary
suborder Theropoda — noun carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous • Syn: ↑Theropoda • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Sauropodomorpha, ↑suborder Sauropodomorpha … Useful english dictionary
suborder Sauropodomorpha — noun gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus, diplodocus and titanosaurs) • Syn: ↑Sauropodomorpha • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Saurischia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
suborder Clamatores — noun used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song; clamatorial birds • Syn: ↑Clamatores • Derivationally… … Useful english dictionary
suborder Hyperotreta — noun hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys • Syn: ↑Myxiniformes, ↑suborder Myxiniformes, ↑Hyperotreta, ↑Myxinoidei, ↑Myxinoidea, ↑suborder Myxinoidei • Hypernyms: ↑animal order … Useful english dictionary
suborder Marginocephalia — noun includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs • Syn: ↑Marginocephalia, ↑marginocephalian • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Ornithischia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
suborder Myxiniformes — noun hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys • Syn: ↑Myxiniformes, ↑Hyperotreta, ↑suborder Hyperotreta, ↑Myxinoidei, ↑Myxinoidea, ↑suborder Myxinoidei • Hypernyms: ↑animal order … Useful english dictionary
suborder Myxinoidei — noun hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys • Syn: ↑Myxiniformes, ↑suborder Myxiniformes, ↑Hyperotreta, ↑suborder Hyperotreta, ↑Myxinoidei, ↑Myxinoidea • Hypernyms: ↑animal order … Useful english dictionary