Look up: genus

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   genus
   Latin, meaning: kind, sort, class, category.
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   Genus
   groups of closely related species clearly defined from other plants.
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   genus
   n. A category in the classification of plants and animals between species and family; genera- pl.
   Found on http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gl
   
   
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   Genus
   a taxonomic category including one or more species with a presumed recent common ancestor.
   Found on http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/G
   
   
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   Genus
   (pronounced GEE-nus) In classification, a genus is a group of related or similar organisms. A genus contains one or more species. A group of similar genera (the plural of genus) forms a family. In the scientific name of an organism, the first name is its genus (for example, people are Homo sapiens - our genus is Homo).
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   Genus
   In scientific classification, a genus is an assemblage of species possessing certain characteristics in common by which they are distinguished from others.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php
   
   
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   Genus
   Used when naming plants. Genus is the plant equivalent of our surnames. When followed by the name of the 'species' you have it's botanical name. Almost always in Latin.
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   Genus
   A category including closely related species. Interbreeding between organisms within the same category can occur.
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   genus
   A taxonomic rank above species and below family; the generic name of an organism is the first of the binomial. (Pl. genera.)
   Found on http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary
   
   
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    genus
    Category of organisms ranking above a species and below a family.
    Found on http://www.agen.ufl.edu/~foodsaf/wi008a.
    
    
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    Genus
    (plural: genera) The level of the taxonomic hierarchy above the species but below the family level
    Found on http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/glo
    
    
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    Genus
    The principal subdivision of a family next above a species. A group of related species with similar characteristics and appearing to have a common ancestry.
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    Genus
    A biological classification that combines organisms sharing common characteristics; ranks between species and family.
    Found on http://www.moggies.co.uk/gloss.html
    
    
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    genus
    [n] - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species 2. [n] - a general kind of something
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    Genus
    A group of closely related plants e.g. Birch are grouped in the genus Betula
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    genus
    a concept or a class is a genus in relation to another concept or class if the latter is defined by the same attributes as the first and by one or more additional attributes Category: Documentation and information
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
    
    
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    Genus
    A category of biological classification ranking between the family and the species, comprising structurally or phylogenetically related species or an isolated species exhibiting unusual differentiation.
    Found on http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/reception/gloss
    
    
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    Genus
    Ge'nus (jē'nŭs) noun ; plural Genera . [ Latin , birth, race, kind, sort; akin to Greek .... See Gender , and confer Benign .] 1. (Logic) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms. < ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/20
    
    
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    genus
    <zoology> The second most specific taxonomic level, includes closely related species. Interbreeding between organisms within the same genus can occur. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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    genus
    noun a general kind of something; `ignore the genus communism`
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    genus
    noun (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
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    Genus
    A `genus` (plural: genera) is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. Like almost all other taxonomic units, genera may sometimes be divided into subgenera, singular: subgenus. The largest main taxonomic unit below the genus is the species. How to more precisely define a genus is a matter of continuing debate, as outlined a few paragraphs below this.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus
    
    
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    genus
    (je´nәs) pl. gen´era a taxonomic category (taxon) subordinate to a tribe (or subtribe) and superior to a species (or subgenus).
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    Genus
    • (n.) A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms. • (n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent sc...
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    genus
    biological classification ranking between family and species, consisting of structurally or phylogenetically related species or an isolated species ... [5 related articles]
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