suborder
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
suborder (plural suborders)
- (taxonomy) A taxonomic category below order and above infraorder.
- Synonym: subordo
- (business) A secondary or subsidiary order (purchase request).
- Synonym of subordering
Descendants[edit]
- → Dutch: suborde
Translations[edit]
taxonomic category
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Verb[edit]
suborder (third-person singular simple present suborders, present participle subordering, simple past and past participle subordered)
- (transitive) To arrange in a secondary order.
- The customers were sorted by name and then subordered by number of purchases.