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< Latin genus (“‘birth, origin, a race, sort, kind’”) < root gen in Latin gignere, Old Latin gegnere (“‘to beget, produce’”)
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular genus |
Plural genera |
genus (plural 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.
- A group with common attributes
- (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 Wikisaurus:class
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- generic name
- class
- division
- kingdom
- order
- phylum
- species
- (semantics): differentia
External links
- genus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- genus in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin genus
Noun
genus n. (plural genera, no diminutive)
- (botany) a rank in a taxonomic classification, in between family and species.
- (botany) a taxon at this rank
- (linguistics) gender
Synonyms
- geslacht (2)
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os (“‘race’”). Cognates include Ancient Greek γένος (genos), “‘race, stock, kin, kind’”), Sanskrit जनस् (jánas), “‘race, class of beings’”).
Noun
genus (genitive generis); n, third declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | genus | genera |
| genitive | generis | generum |
| dative | generī | generibus |
| accusative | genus | genera |
| ablative | genere | generibus |
| vocative | genus | genera |
Derived terms
Related terms
- generalis
- generare
Descendants
Etymology 2
Inflection of genū
Noun
genūs
- genitive singular of genū
Etymology 3
Inflection of genus
Noun
genus
Swedish
Etymology 1
Noun
genus n.
| Inflection for genus | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| neuter | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | genus | genuset | genus | genusen |
| Possessive form | genus | genusets | genus | genusens |
- (grammar) gender (division of nouns and pronouns)
Etymology 2
Inflection of genus
Noun
genus
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Insecta: Lepidoptera Pyralidae, Phycitinae (knot-horn moths) unidentified to generic or specific level Lam Tsuen Valley, Tai Po, New Territories Hong Kong; at mv light. best seen large to appreciate the mosaic of scales on the wings.
