Genus Definition
jēnəs
genera, genuses
noun
A major category in the classification of animals, plants, etc., ranking above a species and below a family: it can include one species or many similar species.
Webster's New World
A class; kind; sort.
Webster's New World
A class of things made up of subordinate classes or species.
Webster's New World
(topology) A number measuring some aspect of the complexity of any of various manifolds or graphs.
Wiktionary
(semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
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