Word: megaorder
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
gaor
der
Definition: magnorder. A taxon one rank above a superorder, and below gigaorder or a class. A magnorder is the highest taxonomic ranking of order.
Morphemes:
Affix: mega-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used with taxon names to form other taxon names, usually for a morphologically similar taxon differing only in size
Etymology Compounds: Affix: μέγας
Language: grc
Decoded: megas
Meaning: great, large, mighty
Affix: order
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ōrdinem
Language: la
Decoded: ordinem
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a class, station, condition, rank