Subordo

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of suborder.

    "There is no reason to deny a natural sequence or to split off genera only to have to attempt later to re-insert them into the whole by means of subordos and superfamilies."

Example

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"There is no reason to deny a natural sequence or to split off genera only to have to attempt later to re-insert them into the whole by means of subordos and superfamilies."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subōrdō.

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