genus
A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
Example
“All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.”
Other meanings
A taxon at this rank.
A group with common attributes.
Related words
- bigenus
- cloud genus
- demigenus
- Euler-Fokker genus
- Euler genus
- form genus
- genarian
- genotype
- genus alternas
- genus name
- ichnogenus
- intergenus
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "gignō" (to beget, produce).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “genus” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.