Genus

Pronunciation

• UK enPR: jÄ“n’-É™s, IPA: /ˈdÊ’iːnÉ™s/, /ˈdÊ’É›nÉ™s/
• US enPR: jÄ“n’-É™s, IPA: /ˈdÊ’iːnÉ™s/
• Rhymes: -iːnÉ™s

Origin

Borrowed from Latin genus ("birth, origin, a race, sort, kind") from the root gen- in Latin gignere, Old Latin gegnere ("to beget, produce").

Full definition of genus

Noun

1. (biology, taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rankAll 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.
• Schuster Hepaticae V|6Müller ... criticized the division of the "Jubuleae" into two families and he cited Jubula as an annectant genus.
2. A group with common attributes
3. (topology) A number measuring some aspect of the complexity of any of various manifolds or graphs
4. (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.

Synonyms

Derived terms

• summum genus

Related terms

• general
• generic
• generate
• generation
• gender
• genocide
• genre
• infrageneric

Anagrams

• negus, Negus