suborder

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suborder

noun suborders

  1. A taxonomic category below order and above infraorder.

    Similar: subordo

  2. A secondary or subsidiary order (purchase request).
  3. Synonym of subordering.

    Similar: subordering

verb suborders · subordering · subordered

  1. transitive To arrange in a secondary order. The customers were sorted by name and then subordered by number of purchases.

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noun taxonomic category

Españolsuborden
Portuguêssubordem
Italianosottordine
עבריתתת־סדרה tát-sidrá

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@misc{suborder_2026,
  title = {suborder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/suborder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}