Definitions

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  • noun Plural of subgenus.

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  • noun Plural form of subgenus.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ genera

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Examples

  • Unfortunately it seems DEAD SNOW is a flick that arrives at a time when the Zombie genre has become hopelessly oversaturated, with the Zombie Comedy subgenera also reaching a point where everyone has pretty much thrown their hands up.

    Flixnjoystix.com! » New Release Tuesday: February 23rd, 2010! A Look At The Week’s Blu-rays: THE INFORMANT!, THE BOX, & More! 2010

  • Now, along comes another paleontologist, Michael Taylor, twenty-one years later (and 105 years after Riggs first recognized Brachiosaurus altithorax), and makes things a bit less messy by demonstrating that Paul was right: two valid taxa were once contained within the single genus, Brachiosaurus, but because of the problems posed by subgenera, we need to consider them two distinct genera, Brachiosaurus and Giraffatitan.

    "Nothing remains. We could run when the rain slows." ellen_datlow 2009

  • Now, I won't get into the lack of utility inherent in the concept of fossil subgenera, but it's generally frowned upon.

    "Nothing remains. We could run when the rain slows." ellen_datlow 2009

  • There are no endemic genera; endemics are at the subgenus and species level only (for example, the subgenera Santolina and Kittariana of the genus Tanacetum).

    Kazakh steppe 2008

  • Jordan divided the genus Salmo into two subgenera.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Other species, and even genera that could be construed as subgenera of Salmo are localized in single lakes in Europe, an area of spring-fed streams along the Adriatic coast of former Yugoslavia, and a few small headwater streams in south-central Turkey.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Then it is clear in virtue of what character B inheres in D-namely A-and that it inheres in C and E for the same reason: and throughout the remaining subgenera always the same rule applies.

    Posterior Analytics Aristotle 2002

  • Jordan divided the genus Salmo into two subgenera.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • This will clearly at once enable us to say in virtue of what character the subgenera-man, e.g. or horse-possess their properties.

    Posterior Analytics Aristotle 2002

  • Other species, and even genera that could be construed as subgenera of Salmo are localized in single lakes in Europe, an area of spring-fed streams along the Adriatic coast of former Yugoslavia, and a few small headwater streams in south-central Turkey.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

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