A taxonomic category that ranks below order and above family.
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Example sentencesExamples
Likewise, comparisons of growth series permit elucidation of phylogenetic relationships at lower taxonomic levels such as suborders, families, or subfamilies.
We therefore employed a second assumption that autocorrelation of mutation rates occurs between insect genera, families, or suborders.
Many suborders and families were established, many of which survive to this day.
The Soil Taxonomy scheme has six levels of categorization: order, suborder, great group, subgroup, family, and series.
The American mink is a representative of the large family Mustelidae belonging to the suborder Caniformia in the order Carnivora.
Definition of suborder in US English:
suborder
nounˈsəbˌɔrdərˈsəbˌôrdər
Biology
A taxonomic category that ranks below order and above family.
〔生〕亚目
Example sentencesExamples
The Soil Taxonomy scheme has six levels of categorization: order, suborder, great group, subgroup, family, and series.
We therefore employed a second assumption that autocorrelation of mutation rates occurs between insect genera, families, or suborders.
Likewise, comparisons of growth series permit elucidation of phylogenetic relationships at lower taxonomic levels such as suborders, families, or subfamilies.
The American mink is a representative of the large family Mustelidae belonging to the suborder Caniformia in the order Carnivora.
Many suborders and families were established, many of which survive to this day.