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an order and of greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a suborder of Compositæ.

The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man.

terior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders: (a) The Mysticete or whalebone whales, having no true teeth after birth, but with a series of plates of whalebone [see Baleen.] hanging down from the upper jaw on each side, thus making a strainer, through which they re…

An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells. [Also written Chillostomata.]

Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants of which the chicory (Cichorium) is the type.

A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider.

A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles.

A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferæ. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree.

A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See Hemiptera.

A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the cicada. See Hemiptera.

A suborder of marine gastropod mollusks, in which the gills are between the foot and the mantle.

A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species. [Written also Lemuroida.]

A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix.

Bearing only ligulate flowers; -- said of a large suborder of composite plants, such as the dandelion, hawkweed, etc.

A suborder of edentates, covered with bony plates, including the armadillos.

extinct species of wingless birds belonging to Dinornis, and other related genera, of the suborder Dinornithes, found in New Zealand. They are allied to the apteryx and the ostrich. They were probably exterminated by the natives before New Zealand was discovered by Europeans. Some species were much larger than the ostr…

A suborder of Dipnoi, including the Ceratodus. [Written also monopneumonia.]

A suborder of dipterous insects, having long antennæ, as the mosquito, gnat, and crane fly; -- called also Nemocera.

A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda.

A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles.