subgenital

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ genital.

Adjective

subgenital (comparative more subgenital, superlative most subgenital)

1. Posterior or interior to, or beneath the genitalia
   • 1920, American Entomological Society, Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, numbers 4-6, page 108:

     Central America, which has the male subgenital plate strongly asymmetrical, produced sinistrad.

   • 1956, Robert Leslie Usinger, Aquatic insects of California, page 176:

     Pronotum with a checkered pattern of black on yellow; female subgenital plate moderately produced, slightly excavated at the middle.

   • 1996, Richard W. Merritt, Kenneth W. Cummins, An introduction to the aquatic insects of North America, page 246:

     Sternum 8 extending over sternum 9 as a distinct subgenital plate.

Related terms

• subgenitalia

Translations

under the genitals

• Spanish: subgenital

Anagrams

• blue giants, ingustable

Spanish

Adjective

subgenital m or f (masculine and feminine plural subgenitales)

1. subgenital