suborder

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   taxonomy: a rank below an order and above an infraorder, used to divide a biological order into smaller groups

   Passeri is the suborder that contains the true songbirds.

Formed from sub-, 'under or subordinate,' + order. Biological classification adopted it for a rank immediately below an order, though not every taxonomic scheme uses suborders.

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