subgenus

American  

[suhb-jee-nuhs] / sʌbˈdʒi nəs /

noun

Anthropology, Biology.

plural

subgenera, subgenuses

1. a category of related species within a genus.

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subgenus British  

/ ˌsʌbdʒəˈnɛrɪk, sʌbˈdʒiːnəs, -ˌdʒɛn-, -ˈdʒɛn-, ˈsʌbˌdʒiːnəs /

noun

1. biology a taxonomic group that is a subdivision of a genus but of higher rank than a species

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Other Word Forms

• subgeneric adjective

Etymology

Origin of subgenus

From New Latin, dating back to 1805–15; sub-, genus

Example Sentences

Where did the virus acquire the furin cleavage site, since no other viruses in the sarbecovirus subgenus, to which its closest relatives belong, have this feature?

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2021

Note.—In the Friesian arrangement of the genera of the order Agaricini, which is adopted by M. C. Cooke, Hypholoma finds place as a subgenus of the genus Agaricus, spore series Pratelli.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

The species of this subgenus were formerly included in Amanita.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

If Baiomys were treated as a subgenus of the genus Peromyscus, there would be adequate justification for including in the genus Peromyscus a number of other genera, some of them occurring in South America.

From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.

In the second section, forming the subgenus Crocuta, the upper molar is extremely small, two- or one-rooted, often deciduous; the lower molar without trace of inner tubercle, and with an extremely small heel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various