superorder

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Italic *super

Latin super

Latin super-lbor.

English super-

English order

English superorder

From super- + order.

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Noun

superorder (plural superorders)

1. (taxonomy) A taxonomic category below subclass and above order.

Translations

taxonomic category

• Catalan: superordre m
• Dutch: superorde f
• Finnish: ylälahko
• French: superordre (fr) m
• Japanese: 上目 (ja) (jōmoku)
• Polish: nadrząd (pl) m
• Swedish: överordning (sv) c