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SUBGENUS (subgenera)

Dictionary entry overview: What does subgenus mean?

• SUBGENUS (noun)
The noun SUBGENUS has 1 sense:

1. (biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species

Familiarity information: SUBGENUS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SUBGENUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("subgenus" is a kind of...):

taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Holonyms ("subgenus" is a member of...):

genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)

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