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Genus logo #10101) Ancient Greek music 2) Begonia, Geranium or Magnolia 3) Biological category 4) Biological classification 5) Biological group 6) Biological grouping 7) Biological subdivision 8) Biology class 9) Biology classification 10) Biology grouping 11) Byzantine music 12) Canis or Panthera 13) Canis, for dogs
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Genus logo #10101) Class 2) Group 3) Kind 4) Type
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genus logo #10444
  1. a general kind of something
  2. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

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genus logo #22653 A grouping by kind or class. Several united species makes a genus.
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Genus logo #21002• (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 logo #22512A group of closely related species.
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genus logo #22596(pl. genera) A natural grouping of closely related species.
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Genus logo #22340A group of closely related species (plural: genera)
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Genus logo #20023(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 logo #20095A category including closely related species. Interbreeding between organisms within the same category can occur.
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Genus logo #20945A category of biological classification ranking between the family and the species, comprising structurally or phylogenetically related species or an isolated species exhibiting unusual differentiation.
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genus logo #20973<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 logo #21001(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 logo #10444 A group of closely related plants e.g. Birch are grouped in the genus Betula
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Genus logo #20972Ge'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 precis...
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Genus logo #22344A group of closely related species. Similar genera are grouped in a family.
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Genus logo #21028A group in the classification of organisms. Classification level above the species group. It consists of similar species. Similar genera (plural form of genus) are grouped into a family.
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genus logo #21351(L: genus birth, race, stock) a group of species that are closely related (plural genera). In taxonomic classification, the genus is the first grouping of species, sometimes divided in subgenus/subgenera.
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Genus logo #20125(plural: genera) The level of the taxonomic hierarchy above the species but below the family level
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Genus logo #20189A biological classification that combines organisms sharing common characteristics; ranks between species and family.
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genus logo #20974 noun a general kind of something; `ignore the genus communism`
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Genus logo #21203(Gr. genos) In Aristotle's logic: (1) that part of the essence of anything which belongs also to other things differing from it in species, (2) a class of objects possessing an identical character and consisting of two or more subclasses or species. See Species. -- G.R.M.
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genus logo #22348(plural form is genera) a classification of related animals in the taxonomy division ranking above a species and below a family; in scientific name of a species, genus comes first, is spelled with a capital letter, and should be underlined or written in italics
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Genus logo #23362 A hierarchical level in plant naming. Genus comes below family and before species.
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Genus logo #23338(pl. genera) A group of plants with common characteristics that are different from those of all other such groups. A genus comprises one or more species.
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