Definitions for suborder

suborder sub·or·der

Spelling: [suhb-awr-der]
IPA: /ˈsʌbˌɔr dər/

Suborder is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 253 anagrams from letters in suborder (bdeorrsu).

Definitions for suborder

noun

  1. a category of related families within an order.

Origin of suborder

First recorded in 1820-30; sub- + order

Examples for suborder

The suborder Prunoidea comprises those Spumellaria in which the fenestrated spherical shell appears prolonged into one axis.

This suborder is formed by the single family of the Hyracid.

Pteropods, a suborder of the gastropods, appeared in this age.

This suborder comprises three small but very different families, the Astrolophida, Litholophida, and Chiastolida.

They are specially characteristic of the suborder Acanthodii.

This suborder is named from the presence of two auricles in the heart.

The suborder includes the Lizards, Chamaeleons and Amphisbaenians.

The suborder has been subdivided in various ways by different authors.

Crabs of this suborder inhabit all seas of the globe, and are found from the shore to great depths.

If you like mammal species from the suborder Vermilingua (meaning "worm tongue")...

Word Value for suborder
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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