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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

genus Edmontosaurus
noun duck-billed dinosaurs of Canada

genus Eimeria
noun type genus of the family Eimeriidae; includes serious pathogens

genus Eoraptor
noun primitive theropod found in Argentina; early Triassic

genus Eptatretus
noun a genus of fossil fish of the family Myxinidae

genus Erwinia
noun a genus of bacteria

genus Escherichia
noun a genus of bacteria

genus Euglena
noun type genus of the family Euglenaceae: green algae with a single flagellum

genus Fucus
noun type genus of the family Fucaceae: cartilaginous brown algae

genus Galago
noun bush babies

genus Galictis
noun alternative name for the genus Grison

genus Giardia
noun flagellates parasitic in intestines of vertebrates

genus Globigerina
noun type genus of the family Globigerinidae

genus Glossina
noun type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies

genus Gorilla
noun gorillas

genus Grampus
noun grampus

genus Grison
noun a genus of Mustelidae

genus Herrerasaurus
noun primitive theropod found in Argentina; early Triassic

genus Hippopotamus
noun type genus of the Hippopotamidae

genus Homo
noun type genus of the family Hominidae

genus Hyaena
noun type genus of the Hyaenidae

genus Hydra
noun hydras

genus Ibero-mesornis
noun a genus of fossil bird of the subclass Archaeornithes

genus Ibis
noun ibises

genus Ichthyosaurus
noun type genus of the Ichthyosauridae

genus Ichthyostega
noun second earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Greenland

genus Iguana
noun type genus of the Iguanidae

genus Iguanodon
noun type genus of the Iguanodontidae

genus Indri
noun type genus of the Indriidae

genus Jabiru
noun jabirus

genus Junco
noun American finches

genus Klebsiella
noun a genus of bacteria

genus Lactobacillus
noun type genus of the family Lactobacillaceae

genus Leipoa
noun mallee fowl

genus Lemur
noun type genus of the Lemuridae

genus Leptospira
noun very slender aerobic spirochetes; free-living or parasitic in mammals

genus Leucocytozoon
genus Leucocytozoan noun a genus of protoctist

genus Listeria
noun a genus of aerobic motile bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae containing small Gram-positive rods

genus Loligo
noun squids

genus Loris
noun type genus of the Lorisidae

genus Lotus
noun annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs

genus Lynx
noun lynxes

genus Macrotus
noun leafnose bats

genus Manta
noun a genus of Mobulidae

genus Mantis
noun type genus of the Mantidae: mantises

genus Megalosaurus
noun type genus of the Megalosauridae

genus Mesohippus
noun a genus of Equidae

genus Mola
noun type genus of the Molidae

genus Moloch
noun genus of Australian desert lizard

genus Mononychus
noun authorities disagree over whether to classify the genus as bird or dinosaur

genus Mycobacterium
noun nonmotile Gram-positive aerobic bacteria

genus Mycoplasma
noun type and sole genus of the family Mycoplasmataceae

genus Mylodon
noun type genus of the Mylodontidae; sometimes included in family Megatheriidae

genus Nanomia
noun a genus of Siphonophora

genus Nasturtium
noun aquatic herbs

genus Nautilus
noun type genus and sole recent representative of the family Nautilidae

genus Nerita
noun type genus of the Neritidae

genus Neritina
noun a genus of Neritidae

genus Noctiluca
noun a genus of protoctist

genus Nostoc
noun type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae

genus Nothosaurus
noun a genus of Nothosauria

genus Notornis
noun a genus of Rallidae

genus Octopus
noun type genus of the family Octopodidae

genus Ommastrephes
noun a genus of Decapoda

genus Oryx
noun African antelopes: oryxes

genus Palometa
noun a genus of Stromateidae

genus Paramecium
noun freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groove

genus Pecten
noun type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops

genus Peripatus
noun type genus of Peripatidae; onychophorans of chiefly New World tropical regions

genus Phalanger
noun type genus of the family Phalangeridae: cuscuses

genus Phenacomys
noun North American voles

genus Physa
noun type genus of the Physidae; freshwater air-breathing snails

genus Pisanosaurus
noun primitive ornithischian dinosaur found in Argentina; early Triassic

genus Pitta
noun type genus of the Pittidae; a large genus of birds of southern Asia and Australia and adjacent islands

genus Plasmodium
noun type genus of the family Plasmodiidae

genus Plesiosaurus
noun a reptile genus of suborder Plesiosauria

genus Potamogale
noun type genus of the family Potamogalidae: otter shrews

genus Proconsul
noun genus of extinct primitive African primates of the Miocene epoch; sometimes considered a subgenus of Dryopithecus

genus Protoavis
noun extinct primitive birds of the Triassic period; 70 million years before archaeopteryx

genus Protoceratops
noun small horned dinosaurs

genus Protohippus
noun a genus of Equidae

genus Psittacosaurus
noun most primitive genus of horned dinosaurs; early Cretaceous

genus Pyrrhuloxia
noun large showy finches related to cardinals

genus Python
noun Old World boas

genus Rhea
noun type genus of the Rheidae; large tall flightless South American birds similar to but smaller than ostriches

genus Rhinoceros
noun type genus of the Rhinocerotidae

genus Rickettsia
noun can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans

genus Rivulus
noun killifish

genus Sagitta
noun chief genus of Chaetognatha including the largest arrowworms

genus Saiga
noun Eurasian antelopes: saigas

genus Salmonella
noun a genus of bacteria

genus Salpa
noun type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae

genus Sargassum
noun a genus of protoctist

genus Scarabaeus
noun type genus of the Scarabaeidae

genus Sciara
noun type genus of the Sciaridae: fungus gnat

genus Serratia
Serratia noun a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod

genus Shigella
noun a genus of bacteria

genus Sinornis
noun a genus of fossil birds

genus Siren
noun a genus of Sirenidae

genus Sivapithecus
noun extinct primates; lower Pliocene

genus Smilax
noun sometimes placed in Smilacaceae