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

One is the distinctive Apodemus agrarius, lone representative of the subgenus Apodemus.

From Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Apodemus peninsulae, with Description of a New Subspecies from North China by Jones, J. Knox

S. trowbridgii, the S. arcticus group, the S. saussurei group, S. merriami, S. fumeus, and S. dispar, should be included in the subgenus Sorex.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.

The baculum of M. quasiater is the largest and has the best developed base and median process of the three American species of the subgenus Pitymys.

From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Anderson, Sydney

This subgenus has been divided into the following five groups: Fasciculares.—Pileus smooth, tough, bright colored when dry, not hygrophanous.

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