subgenericallyadv.
/ˌsʌbdʒᵻˈnɛrᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌsəbdʒəˈnɛrək(ə)li/ Biology.
In a subgeneric manner; with reference to subgenus.
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1836 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 5 771 That single genus should not rather embrace the whole of the Mainas sub-generically.
1877 H. A. Nicholson Anc. Life-hist. Earth (1878) xix. 320 The fossil forms, though in all cases specifically, and in some cases even sub-generically, distinct.
1951 Amer. Midland Naturalist 45 14 I think Meylans' genus..is no more than subgenerically distinct.
2003 Brittonia 55 253/2 The pubescence of the cypselae does not correlate subgenerically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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