sublegion

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ legion

Noun

sublegion (plural sublegions)

  1. (taxonomy, military) A subdivision of a legion.
    • 1967, Russell Frank Weigley, History of the United States Army, page 92:
      The Legion of the United States was to consist of four sublegions of 1,280 men each, commanded by brigadier generals.
    • 1997, Malcolm C. McKenna, Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level:
      Proposed as sublegion; ranked as infralegion by Chow & Rich, 1982:129; changed to rank of order by McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993:742.

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