form genus


nounBiology.
  1. an artificial taxonomic category including species, especially of fossil forms, grouped together on the basis of morphological resemblance.

Origin of form genus

1
First recorded in 1870–75

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British Dictionary definitions for form genus

form genus

noun
  1. a group of species (form species) that have similar structural characteristics but are not closely related

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