GENUS (genera, genus)

Pronunciation (US):

• GENUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS has 2 senses:

1. a general kind of something
2. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

  Familiarity information: GENUS used as a noun is rare.

• GENUS (noun)

Meaning:

A general kind of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

ignore the genus communism

Hypernyms ("genus" is a kind of...):

form; kind; sort; variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)

Meaning:

(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("genus" is a kind of...):

taxon; taxonomic category; taxonomic group (animal or plant group having natural relations)

Meronyms (members of "genus"):

subgenus ((biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species)

species ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "genus"):

form genus (an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms)

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

echinoderm genus (a genus of echinoderms)

type genus ((biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed; it is not necessarily the most representative genus but often the largest or best known or earliest described)

form genus ((biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure)

moss genus (a genus of mosses)

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

plant genus (a genus of plants)

worm genus (a genus of worms)

ctenophore genus (a genus of ctenophores)

coelenterate genus (a genus of coelenterates)

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

chordate genus (any genus in the phylum Chordata)

bird genus (a genus of birds)

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

sponge genus (a genus of Porifera)

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

Holonyms ("genus" is a member of...):

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)