subordo

Borrowed from Latin subōrdō.

subordo (plural subordines or subordos)

1. (taxonomy) Synonym of suborder
   • 1967, Zoologische Verhandelingen, page 32:

     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.

   • 1977, Folia Primatologica, page 157:

     In contrast to Eutheria and Primates, structural and physiological similarity in fetal membrane development and placentation exists within the subordines Strepsirhini and Haplorhini.

   • 1979, Annales Historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, page 280:

     The short diagnoses of the subordos, supercohors and cohors in the Oribatid system as here elaborated are as follows: […]

   • 1979, Cahiers de Biologie Marine, page 297:

     From all these considerations, it follows that the larval criteria in the subordines Polyarthra and Oligoarthra should be revised.

   • 1992, Geologica Romana, page 261:

     A new systematics considers, obviously, also a rearrangement of the familiae that characterize the subordines.

   • 2000, Advances in Legume Systematics, part 9, →ISBN, page 218:

     He considered it very distinct and gave it equal status to the Papilionoideae, Mimosoideae, and Caesalpinioideae (which he termed subordos ‘Papilionaceae’, ‘Mimosae’ and ‘Caesalpineae’).

   • 2005, Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, page 716, column 2:

     Cangir, C and D. Boyraz, 2001. Distribution of Thrace soils according to their subordos and evaluation of usage of the soil in different part of the region.

   • 2016, Ertuğrul Karaş, “Sustainable Land Use Planning Model in Rural Basins”, in Daniel Bucur, editor, River Basin Management, IntechOpen, →DOI, →ISBN, page 140:

     Three ordos (Entisol, Mollisol, and Alfisol), three subordos (Orthent, Ustoll, and Ustalf), four big groups (Ustorthent, Haplustoll, Haplustalf, and Argiustoll), and three subgroups (Typicustorthent, Lithicustorthent, and Verticargiustoll) were determined using climatological and geological data .

subōrdō m (genitive subōrdinis); third declension

1. (taxonomy) A taxonomic rank below order.

Third-declension noun.