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subgenus

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A subdivision of a genus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

(biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subgenus.

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: subgenus — subdivision of a genus
  • Asturian: subxéneru — subdivision of a genus
  • Basque: azpigenero — subdivision of a genus
  • Belarusian: падрод (padród) — subdivision of a genus
  • Bhojpuri: उपजाति (upəjāti) — subdivision of a genus
  • Bulgarian: подрод (podrod) — subdivision of a genus
  • Burmese: မျိုးစုခွဲ (myui:cu.hkwai:) — subdivision of a genus
  • Catalan: subgènere — subdivision of a genus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 亞屬 /亚属 (aa3 suk6) — subdivision of a genus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 亞屬 /亚属 (yàshǔ) — subdivision of a genus
  • Czech: podrod — subdivision of a genus
  • Danish: underslægt — subdivision of a genus
  • Dutch: ondergeslacht — subdivision of a genus
  • Esperanto: subgenro — subdivision of a genus
  • Estonian: alamperekond — subdivision of a genus
  • Finnish: alasuku — subdivision of a genus
  • French: sous-genre — subdivision of a genus
  • German: Untergattung — subdivision of a genus
  • German: Untergattig — subdivision of a genus
  • Greek: υπογένος (ypogénos) — subdivision of a genus
  • Gujarati: ઉપજાતિ (upajāti) — subdivision of a genus
  • Gujarati: પેટાપ્રજાતિ (peṭāprajāti) — subdivision of a genus
  • Hebrew: תַּת־סוּג (tat-sug) — subdivision of a genus
  • Hindi: उपजाति (upjāti) — subdivision of a genus
  • Hungarian: alnemzetség — subdivision of a genus
  • Ido: subgenero — subdivision of a genus
  • Ilocano: subhenero — subdivision of a genus
  • Indonesian: subgenus — subdivision of a genus
  • Interlingua: subgenere — subdivision of a genus
  • Irish: foghéineas — subdivision of a genus
  • Italian: sottogenere — subdivision of a genus
  • Japanese: 亜属 — subdivision of a genus
  • Khmer: ពួករង (puŏkrông) — subdivision of a genus
  • Korean: 아속 (asok) — subdivision of a genus
  • Latin: subgenus — subdivision of a genus
  • Latvian: apakšģints — subdivision of a genus
  • Luxembourgish: Ënnergattung — subdivision of a genus
  • Macedonian: подрод (podrod) — subdivision of a genus
  • Malay: subgenus — subdivision of a genus
  • Malayalam: ഉപജീനസ് (upajīnasŭ) — subdivision of a genus
  • Malayalam: സബ്ജീനസ് (sabjīnasŭ) — subdivision of a genus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: underslekt — subdivision of a genus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: underslekt — subdivision of a genus
  • Occitan: sosgenre — subdivision of a genus
  • Ossetian: дӕлмыггаг (dælmyggag) — subdivision of a genus
  • Persian: زیرسرده (zirsarde) — subdivision of a genus
  • Polish: podrodzaj — subdivision of a genus
  • Portuguese: subgénero — subdivision of a genus
  • Portuguese: subgênero — subdivision of a genus
  • Romanian: subgen — subdivision of a genus
  • Russian: подро́д (podród) — subdivision of a genus
  • Scottish Gaelic: fo-ghèineas — subdivision of a genus
  • Serbo-Croatian: podrod — subdivision of a genus
  • Sicilian: suttaggèniri — subdivision of a genus
  • Slovak: podrod — subdivision of a genus
  • Slovene: podrod — subdivision of a genus
  • Spanish: subgénero — subdivision of a genus
  • Swedish: undersläkte — subdivision of a genus
  • Tamil: துணைப்பேரினம் (tuṇaippēriṉam) — subdivision of a genus
  • Thai: สกุลย่อย (sà-gun-yɔ̂i) — subdivision of a genus
  • Ukrainian: підрід (pidrid) — subdivision of a genus
  • Venetan: sotozènaro — subdivision of a genus
  • Vietnamese: phân chi — subdivision of a genus
  • Welsh: isgenws — subdivision of a genus
Real reading context

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