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noun(biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an ordertype of:
Definition that contains suborder
- carnivora cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia
- nudibranch any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
- saurian any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs
- anthropoid any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
- ruminant related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud
- duplicidentata in former classifications considered a suborder of Rodentia coextensive with the order Lagomorpha: gnawing animals
- suborder manteodea mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera
- clamatores used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song; clamatorial birds
- passeriformes largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres
- chiroptera an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)