Superorder

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Superorder \Su`per*or"der\, n. (Zool.)
     A group intermediate in importance between an order and a
     subclass.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  superorder
       n : (biology) a taxonomic group ranking above an order and below
           a class or subclass