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Definition of genus in English: genusnounPlural genera ˈdʒɛnəsˈdʒiːnəsˈdʒinəs Biology 1A principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name, e.g. Leo. Example sentencesExamples - The cephalochordates include only about twenty species of two genera of organisms commonly called amphioxus.
- The three named genera of the family are apparently endemic to the southwestern North American craton.
- The identification of two named genera in a single organism presents a taxonomic dilemma.
- In addition, honeyeaters are known to forage on a range of plant families, genera and species at any one time, and do not rely on a single plant species for food.
- Both the genus and species name of this aggressive flycatcher are from the Latin word for tyrant.
Synonyms group, subdivision, subfamily - 1.1 (in philosophical and general use) a class of things that have common characteristics and that can be divided into subordinate kinds.
Example sentencesExamples - In any case, one could see the common genus being post-retirement payment for work for an employer or like body.
- Aristotle also points out that sometimes the hypothesis of the genus is omitted as too obvious.
- The subject genus of physics, for example, is the class of cases in which bodies change their locations in space.
- The main genera of relativism can be distinguished according to the object they seek to relativize.
- The result is a genus of restaurant that is a sort of exotic greasy spoon.
Synonyms type, sort, kind, genre, style, variety, category, class species, breed, brand, make, model, family, stamp, cast, ilk, kidney division, subdivision, section, department, compartment
Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin, 'birth, race, stock'. gender from Late Middle English: The words gender and engender (Middle English) go back via Old French to Latin genus ‘birth, family, nation’, a word that was reborrowed in the early 17th century for scientific classification, although it had been in use 50 years earlier in logic. In modern French the ‘d’ was lost to produce genre, a word reborrowed in the early 19th century. Generation (Middle English), generate (early 16th century), engender (Middle English), generosity (Late Middle English), genial (mid 16th century), and degenerate (Late Middle English) are all from the same source.
Rhymes intravenous, Maecenas, Malvinas, Salinas, venous, Venus Definition of genus in US English: genusnounˈjēnəsˈdʒinəs Biology 1A principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name, e.g. Leo. Example sentencesExamples - The cephalochordates include only about twenty species of two genera of organisms commonly called amphioxus.
- Both the genus and species name of this aggressive flycatcher are from the Latin word for tyrant.
- In addition, honeyeaters are known to forage on a range of plant families, genera and species at any one time, and do not rely on a single plant species for food.
- The identification of two named genera in a single organism presents a taxonomic dilemma.
- The three named genera of the family are apparently endemic to the southwestern North American craton.
Synonyms group, subdivision, subfamily - 1.1 (in philosophical and general use) a class of things that have common characteristics and that can be divided into subordinate kinds.
Example sentencesExamples - The main genera of relativism can be distinguished according to the object they seek to relativize.
- In any case, one could see the common genus being post-retirement payment for work for an employer or like body.
- Aristotle also points out that sometimes the hypothesis of the genus is omitted as too obvious.
- The subject genus of physics, for example, is the class of cases in which bodies change their locations in space.
- The result is a genus of restaurant that is a sort of exotic greasy spoon.
Synonyms type, sort, kind, genre, style, variety, category, class
Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin, ‘birth, race, stock’. |