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Synonyms of Genus

category, classification, description, gender, group, kind, order, species, style, type, variety,

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10 dictionary results for: Genus

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ge·nus

[jee-nuh

s] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural gen·e·ra

[jen-er-uh] Pronunciation Key, ge·nus·es.

1.	Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.

2.	Logic. a class or group of individuals, or of species of individuals.

3.	a kind; sort; class.

[Origin: 1545–55; < L: race, stock, kind, gender; c. Gk génos. See gens, gender¹, kin

]

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ge·nus (jē'nəs) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. gen·er·a (jěn'ər-ə)

Biology A taxonomic category ranking below a family and above a species and generally consisting of a group of species exhibiting similar characteristics. In taxonomic nomenclature the genus name is used, either alone or followed by a Latin adjective or epithet, to form the name of a species. See Table at taxonomy.
Logic A class of objects divided into subordinate species having certain common attributes.
A class, group, or kind with common attributes.

[Latin, kind; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

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genus

(pl. genera), 1551 as a term of logic (biological sense dates from 1608), from L. genus (gen. generis) "race, stock, kind," cognate with Gk. genos "race, kind," and gonos "birth, offspring, stock," from PIE base *gen-/*gon-/*gn- "produce, beget, be born" (cf. Skt. janati "begets, bears," janah "race," jatah "born;" Avestan zizanenti "they bear;" Gk. gignesthai "to become, happen;" L. gignere "to beget," gnasci "to be born," genius "procreative divinity, inborn tutelary spirit, innate quality," ingenium "inborn character," germen "shoot, bud, embryo, germ;" Lith. gentis "kinsmen;" Goth. kuni "race;" O.E. cennan "beget, create;" O.H.G. kind "child;" O.Ir. ro-genar "I was born;" Welsh geni "to be born").

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genus
noun
1.	a general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism"
2.	(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

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genus (jē'nəs) Pronunciation Key
Plural genera (jěn'ər-ə)
A group of organisms ranking above a species and below a family. The names of genera, like those of species, are written in italics. For example, Periplaneta is the genus of the American cockroach, and comes from the Greek for "wandering about." See Table at taxonomy.

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
genus [(jee-nuhs)]

In biology, the classification lower than a family and higher than a species. Wolves belong to the same genus as dogs. Foxes belong to a different genus from that of dogs and wolves, but to the same family. (See Linnean classification.)

[Chapter:] Life Sciences

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genus ge·nus (jē'nəs)
n. pl. gen·er·a (jěn'ər-ə)
A taxonomic category ranking below a family and above a species and generally consisting of a group of species exhibiting similar characteristics.

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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: ge·nus
Pronunciation: 'jE-n&s, 'jen-&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural gen·era /'jen-&-r&/
: a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic; specifically : a category of biological classification ranking between thefamily and the species, comprising structurally or phylogenetically related species or an isolated species exhibiting unusual differentiation, and being designated by a Latin or latinized capitalizedsingular noun

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Genus

Be*nign"\, a. [OE. benigne, bening, OF. benigne, F. b['e]nin, fem. b['e]nigne, fr. L. benignus, contr. from benigenus; bonus good + root of genus kind. See Bounty, and Genus.]

1. Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

Creator bounteous and benign. --Milton.

2. Exhibiting or manifesting kindness, gentleness, favor, etc.; mild; kindly; salutary; wholesome.

Kind influences and benign aspects. --South.

3. Of a mild type or character; as, a benign disease.

Syn: Kind; propitious; bland; genial; salubrious; favorable salutary; gracious; liberal.

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genus: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary

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