ORDER

n. O2rd'u5r. Gr., rafts. Lat.,ordo. Fr.,ord?-e. Ger., Ordnung. A group between cla and genus. It bears the same relation to genus as the latter does to species, comprising genera which have in common certain important and constant particulars. In botany it is equivalent to family, but in zoology is the next higher grade, [a, 35.] [s. 767]