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Definition of 'genus'English
Noun
( genera)
(biology|taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank
- All magnolias belong to the genus ''Magnolia .
- Other species of the genus ''Bos'' are often called cattle or wild cattle.
- There are only two genera and species of seadragons .
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- Müller criticized the division of the "Jubuleae" into two families and he cited Jubula as an annectant genus .
A group with common attributes.
*1945 , (Bertrand Russell), A History of Western Philosophy , p. 655:
*:Recollection is one of a whole genus of effects which are more or less peculiar to the phenomena that we naturally call "mental."
(topology) A number measuring some aspect of the complexity of any of various manifolds or graphs
(semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* summum genus
Related terms
* general
* generic
* generate
* generation
* gender
* genocide
* genre
* infrageneric
See also
* generic name
* class
* division
* kingdom
* order
* phylum
* species
* (semantics) differentia
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