Definitions for subgenuses

subgenuses sub·ge·nus

Spelling: [suhb-jee-nuh s]
IPA: /sʌbˈdʒi nəs/

Subgenuses is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in subgenuses (beegnsssuu).

Definitions for subgenuses

noun

  1. a category of related species within a genus.
  2. a category of related species within a genus.

Origin of subgenuses

From New Latin, dating back to 1805-15; See origin at sub-, genus

Examples for subgenuses

Miller (1896:66) placed all of them in the subgenus Arvicola.

The status of Pitymys, as a genus or as a subgenus, is uncertain.

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

Subsequent authors, stressing differences in the teeth, have placed M. richardsoni in the subgenus Aulacomys of Rhoads.

The species of this subgenus were formerly included in Amanita.

The foot soles are less hairy than in any other member of the subgenus Mustela.

The bullae are less inflated even than in the mink, subgenus Lutreola.

Cooke says of this subgenus that no British species are known.

It is of the smooth, glossy type belonging to the subgenus Lvicardium.

Under the latter view Camellia is regarded as a subgenus or section of Thea.

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

It is of the smooth, glossy type belonging to the subgenus Lvicardium.

Subsequent authors, stressing differences in the teeth, have placed M. richardsoni in the subgenus Aulacomys of Rhoads.

Miller (1896:66) placed all of them in the subgenus Arvicola.

The foot soles are less hairy than in any other member of the subgenus Mustela.

Cooke says of this subgenus that no British species are known.

The bullae are less inflated even than in the mink, subgenus Lutreola.

Under the latter view Camellia is regarded as a subgenus or section of Thea.

The status of Pitymys, as a genus or as a subgenus, is uncertain.

The species of this subgenus were formerly included in Amanita.

Word Value for subgenuses
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