genus
Syllables: ge·nusUK/ˈdʒiːnəs//ˈd͡ʒiːnəs/
genus noun: a category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
Noun
genus (plural genera or genuses or (nonstandard) genusses or (nonstandard) genii)
- A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
- All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.
- Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.
- A taxon at this rank.
- In most cases, at subsequent mentions of the binomial name you can abbreviate the genus with no danger of confusing the reader.
- A group with common attributes.
- Recollection is one of a whole genus of effects which are more or less peculiar to the phenomena that we naturally call "mental."1945, Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy, page 655
- A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
- Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
- A type of tuning or intonation, used within an Ancient Greek tetrachord.
genus meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
genus in Hindi
- rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
- वंश vañś, जिंस jins
genus in Urdu
- rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
- جِنْس jins
genus in Bengali
- rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
- গণ gon, বর্গ borgo
genus in Telugu
- rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species
- ప్రజాతి prajāti
More languagesFewer languages
- genus in Malayalam
- ജനുസ്സ് janussŭ, ജീനസ് jīnasŭ
- genus in Kannada
- ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟು, ಬಣ, ಪಂಗಡ, ಕುಲ
- genus in Punjabi
- ਜਿਨਸ jinas, ਜਾਤੀ jātī
- genus in Odia
- ଜନିମା janimā
- genus in Sanskrit
- पर pára, जनुस् janús, गोत्र gotrá
- genus in Tagalog
- urihay
- genus in Arabic
- جِنْس jins
- genus in Malay
- genus
- genus in Indonesian
- genus
- genus in Thai
- สกุล sà-gun
- genus in Vietnamese
- chi
- genus in Myanmar
- မျိုးစု myui:cu.
Examples of genus in a sentence
- Abstraction is necessary for the classification of things into genera and species.
- All fossilized roots of scale trees are assigned to the form genus 'Stigmaria'.
- The palpi of moths in the genus Thumatha are porrect and slender.
Synonyms of genus
Forms of genus
| plural | genera |
|---|---|
| plural | genuses |
| plural (nonstandard) | genusses |
| plural (nonstandard) | genii |
Origin of genus
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.
Words formed from genus
Phrases with genus
Words that rhyme with genus
Questions about genus
- What does genus mean?
- Genus means a category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
- What is genus in Hindi?
- Genus in Hindi is वंश (vañś), जिंस (jins). See Genus meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is genus?
- Genus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce genus?
- Genus is pronounced /ˈdʒiːnəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of genus?
- The plural of genus is genera.
Words near genus in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: genus (page history and authors); genus (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜਾਤੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଜନିମା (Odia) (page history and authors); गोत्र (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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