suborder C2 Topic:Science & Research US /ˈsʌbˌɔːrdɚ/ UK /ˈsʌbˌɔːdə/ See IPA manual Freq #263879 Meanings 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. Thesaurus Word family Forms suborders Derived forms subordinal Related forms orderinfraordertaxonomyclassification Etymology 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. Topics Science & Research External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # suborder **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsʌbˌɔːrdɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsʌbˌɔːdə/ **Frequency rank:** 263879 ## Meanings 1. taxonomy: a rank below an order and above an infraorder, used to divide a biological order into smaller groups ## Examples - Passeri is the suborder that contains the true songbirds. ## Derived Forms - subordinal ## Related Forms - order - infraorder - taxonomy - classification ## Etymology 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. ## Topics - Science & Research markdown