genus

/ˈdʒiːnəs/

noun 5

Collocations

ADJ.

bovid, different, established, free-floating, new, other, own, same

VERB + GENUS

belong, constitutes, named, plants

GENUS + NOUN

bos, canis, cryptocercus, magnolia, megadyptes, plesiosaur, seaweed, species

PREP.

from, from, in, into, whereas

ADV.

often

noun

A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.

All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.

Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.

A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.

In most cases, at subsequent mentions of the binomial name you can abbreviate the genus with no danger of confusing the reader.

A group with common attributes.

Recollection is one of a whole genus of effects which are more or less peculiar to the phenomena that we naturally call "mental."

A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.

Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.

All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.

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Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.

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There are only two genera and species of seadragons.

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The biologist classifies the newly found species in its own genus, whereas other taxonomists want to put it into an established genus.

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In many ways, these fossils are the 'smoking gun' just before the emergence of our own genus.

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The yellow-eyed penguin is the sole extant species in the genus Megadyptes.

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