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subgenal

subgenal adjective: beneath the cheeks.

Adjective

subgenal (not comparable)

  1. Beneath the cheeks
    • These characters were: shape of posterior margin of pronotum (produced or extended medially vs. oval or broadly); width of subgenal suture and ventral distance between antennal scrobes (narrow vs. wide); relationship between interocular space and width of rostrum at base (one-third or less vs. not...2015 December 19, “Rhynchophorus palmarum in Disguise: Undescribed Polymorphism in the “Black” Palm Weevil”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of subgenal

From sub- + genal.

Questions about subgenal

What does subgenal mean?
Subgenal means beneath the cheeks.
What part of speech is subgenal?
Subgenal is an adjective.

Words near subgenal in the dictionary

  1. subgauge
  2. subgaussian
  3. subgelatinous
  4. subgemmal
  5. subgena
  6. subgenal
  7. subgender
  8. subgenders
  9. subgene
  10. subgenera
  11. subgeneration

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