order Notostraca
— Noun
– English
~ small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace
order Marattiales
— Noun
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~ lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae
order Myrtales
— Noun
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~ Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
order
— Noun
– English
~ a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
order Nidulariales
— Noun
– English
~ small order of basidiomycetous fungi comprising families Nidulariaceae and Sphaerobolaceae
order of business
— Noun
– English
~ a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)
order Gruiformes
— Noun
– English
~ inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards
order Neuroptera
— Noun
– English
~ an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies
order Carnivora
— Noun
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~ cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia
order Conodontophorida
— Noun
– English
~ extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum
order Heliozoa
— Noun
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~ mostly freshwater protozoa
order Geraniales
— Noun
– English
~ an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae
order Dinornithiformes
— Noun
– English
~ a ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand
order book
— Noun
– English
~ a book in which customers' orders are entered; usually makes multiple copies of the order
order Laminariales
— Noun
– English
~ in some classifications coextensive with family Laminariaceae: marine brown algae of cold or polar seas