genus

CEFRC1

/ˈdʒiːnəs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A group of closely related living things.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A group with common attributes.

Examples

  • The genus Canis contains wolves, coyotes, and jackals.

  • The yellow-eyed penguin is the sole extant species in the genus Megadyptes.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈdʒɛnəs/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.

  2. A taxon at this rank.

  3. A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.

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In context

  • Whortleberry may refer to the berries of several plants of genus Vaccinium.

  • All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.

  • Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Latin genus (“birth, origin, a race, sort, kind”) from the root gen- in Latin gignō (“to beget, produce”). Doublet of gender and genre, further related to kin.