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Genus Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Genus?
[n] a general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism"
[n] (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species Synonyms | Synonyms for Genus: Related Terms | Find terms related to Genus: antonomasia | binomial nomenclature | biosystematics | biosystematy | biotype | blood | branch | brand | breed | cast | character | clan | class | classification | color | denomination | description | designation | family | feather | form | genotype | genre | glossology | grain | ilk | kidney | kin | kind | kingdom | label | line | lot | make | manner | mark | mold | nature | nomenclature | number | onomastics | onomatology | order | orismology | persuasion | phylum | place-names | place-naming | polyonymy | race | section | series | shape | sort | species | stamp | strain | stripe | style | subclass | subfamily | subgenus | subkingdom | suborder | subspecies | subtribe | superclass | superfamily | superorder | superspecies | systematics | taxonomy | terminology | the like of | the likes of | toponymy | tribe | trinomialism | type | variety See Also | amphibian genus | arthropod genus | bacteria genus | bird genus | chordate genus | coelenterate genus | ctenophore genus | dicot genus | echinoderm genus | family | fern genus | fish genus | form | form genus | fungus genus | gymnosperm genus | kind | liliopsid genus | magnoliopsid genus | mammal genus | mollusk genus | monocot genus | moss genus | plant genus | protoctist genus | reptile genus | sort | species | sponge genus | subgenus | taxon | taxonomic group | type genus | variety | worm genus Genus In Webster's Dictionary \Ge"nus\ (j[=e]"n[u^]s), n.; pl. {Genera}. [L., birth,
race, kind, sort; akin to Gr. ?. See {Gender}, and cf.
{Benign}.]
1. (Logic) 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.
2. (Biol.) An assemblage of species, having so many
fundamental points of structure in common, that in the
judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a
common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the
lowest definable group of species, for it may often be
divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its
definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its
definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an
artificial genus.
Note: Thus in the animal kingdom the lion, leopard, tiger,
cat, and panther are species of the Cat kind or genus,
while in the vegetable kingdom all the species of oak
form a single genus. Some genera are represented by a
multitude of species, as Solanum (Nightshade) and Carex
(Sedge), others by few, and some by only one known
species.
{Subaltern genus} (Logic), a genus which may be a species of
a higher genus, as the genus denoted by quadruped, which
is also a species of mammal.
{Summum genus} [L.] (Logic), the highest genus; a genus which
can not be classed as a species, as being.
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