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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ge•nus /ˈdʒinəs/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. gen•e•ra /ˈdʒɛnərə/USA pronunciation ge•nus•es. - Biologythe major subdivision of a biological family or subfamily in the scientific system of classifying living things.
See -gen-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ge•nus ( jē′nəs),USA pronunciation n., pl. gen•e•ra ( jen′ər ə),USA pronunciation ge•nus•es. - Biologythe usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
- Philosophy[Logic.]a class or group of individuals, or of species of individuals.
- a kind;
sort;
class.
- Latin: race, stock, kind, gender; cognate with Greek génos. See gens, gender1, kin
- 1545–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: genus /ˈdʒiːnəs/ n ( pl genera /ˈdʒɛnərə/, genuses)- any of the taxonomic groups into which a family is divided and which contains one or more species. For example, Vulpes (foxes) is a genus of the dog family (Canidae)
- a class of objects or individuals that can be divided into two or more groups or species
- a class, group, etc, with common characteristics
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin: race |