- superorder
- noun Date: circa 1890 a category of biological classification ranking below a class and above an order
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
superorder
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Superorder — Su per*or der, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A group intermediate in importance between an order and a subclass. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
superorder — [so͞o′pər ôr΄dər] n. a natural subdivision between an order and a class or subclass of plants or animals … English World dictionary
superorder Labyrinthodonta — noun extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic • Syn: ↑Labyrinthodontia, ↑superorder Labyrinthodontia, ↑Labyrinthodonta •… … Useful english dictionary
superorder Labyrinthodontia — noun extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic • Syn: ↑Labyrinthodontia, ↑Labyrinthodonta, ↑superorder Labyrinthodonta •… … Useful english dictionary
superorder — n. [L. super, over; ordo, order] In classification, a group below class and above order … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
superorder — /sooh peuhr awr deuhr/, n. Biol. a category of related orders within a class or subclass. [1885 90; SUPER + ORDER] * * * … Universalium
superorder — noun A taxonomic category below subclass and above order … Wiktionary
superorder — su·per·or·der sü pər .ȯrd ər n a category of taxonomic classification between an order and a class or a subclass … Medical dictionary
superorder — n. (Biology) taxonomic category that ranks above an order and below a class or subclass … English contemporary dictionary
superorder — noun Biology a taxonomic category that ranks above order and below class … English new terms dictionary
