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subgenital

subgenital adjective: posterior or interior to, or beneath the genitalia.

Adjective

subgenital (comparative more subgenital, superlative most subgenital)

  1. Posterior or interior to, or beneath the genitalia
    • Central America, which has the male subgenital plate strongly asymmetrical, produced sinistrad.1920, American Entomological Society, Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, numbers 4-6, page 108
    • Pronotum with a checkered pattern of black on yellow; female subgenital plate moderately produced, slightly excavated at the middle.1956, Robert Leslie Usinger, Aquatic insects of California, page 176

Forms of subgenital

comparativemore subgenital
superlativemost subgenital

Origin of subgenital

From sub- + genital.

Questions about subgenital

What does subgenital mean?
Subgenital means posterior or interior to, or beneath the genitalia.
What part of speech is subgenital?
Subgenital is an adjective.

Words near subgenital in the dictionary

  1. subgenerics
  2. subgenes
  3. subgeniculate
  4. subgeniculated
  5. SubGenii
  6. subgenital
  7. subgenitalia
  8. SubGenius
  9. SubGeniuses
  10. subgenogroup
  11. subgenogroups

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