Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subgenal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-ge-nal
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Beneath the cheeks

Example Sentences

"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 less than one-third); shape of dorsal tip of rostrum (grooved or nearly truncate vs. oval distally)."

Etymology

From sub- + genal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Questions

What does subgenal mean?: Beneath the cheeks
Where does subgenal come from?: From sub- + genal.

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