subgenus
Americannoun
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subgenera,
plural
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subgenuses
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noun
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Origin of subgenus
From New Latin, dating back to 1805–15; see origin at sub-, genus
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The Huaxi Green Pitviper is now the 58th known species in the Trimeresurus genus and only the second from its subgenus recorded in Sichuan Province.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026
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
There are several species, of which G. crassicaudatus from Mozambique is the largest; together with G. garnetti of Natal, G. agisymbanus of Zanzibar, and G. monteiroi of Angola, this represents the subgenus Otolemur.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
The status of Pitymys, as a genus or as a subgenus, is uncertain.
From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Sydney Anderson
Cooke says of this subgenus that no British species are known.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
In addition to those mentioned above other BL subgenera include rom-coms, crime dramas, sci-fi, office romance and even horror.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2023
However, the two have been considered distinct enough at times that they’ve been given their own subgenera.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 26, 2014
The authors discovered that in many ways the morphology and anatomy of this fossilized Equisetum is indistinguishable from those of species living today in two subgenera, and Hippochaete.
From US News ● May 6, 2011
All the European hamsters show more or less black on the under-parts, but the small species from Central Asia, which constitute distinct subgenera, are uniformly grey.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H by Project Gutenberg
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