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suˈbordinal, a. [f. mod.L. subordo, -ordin- (see sub- 7 b, order n.) + -al1.] Of, pertaining to, or of the rank of, a suborder.
1870Rolleston Anim. Life p. lxxxii, The two subordinal names above given. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 183 Upon these characters, derived from the face of the seed, subordinal divisions have been based. 1904Q. Rev. Oct. 469 Africa has now no..peculiar ordinal or subordinal groups of mammals of its own. |