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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

subgenal en · ADJ

Etymology

From sub- + genal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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 less than one-third); shape of dorsal tip of rostrum (grooved or nearly truncate vs. oval distally). 2015 December 19, “Rhynchophorus palmarum in Disguise: Undescribed Polymorphism in the “Black” Palm Weevil”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: