genus meaning

[ˈdʒiːnəs]

[ˈdʒɛnəs]

[-iːnəs]

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In biology, a genus /ˈdʒiːnəs/ (plural: genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family.
E.G., Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii are two species within the genus Pongo. Pongo is a genus within the family Hominidae.
The composition of a genus is determined by a taxonomist. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera.

Definition of genus in English Dictionary

NounPLgenera
1. (taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank.
  1. All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.
  2. Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.
  3. There are only two genera and species of seadragons.
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - The madanins have an extended N-terminal region compared with peptides from the other genera while the hyalomins and the D.
  - The genus is distinguished from other paederines particularly by the morphology of the aedeagus, which has a pair of dorso-lateral apophyses [2 ].
  - Since this, the proposed classification to separate the genus homofermentative Lactobacillus and Brochothrix from the catalase test may result an overlap in the case of positive reaction.
2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
  - A chequerwise arrangement of the species belonging to the former Rimicaris and Chorocaris within Rimicaridinae gives additional evidence for their genetic similarity and thus synonimising both genera.

Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
1. Nouns
  - Nouns with irregular plurals
  - Countable nouns