TYPE GENUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does type genus mean? • TYPE GENUS (noun)
The noun TYPE GENUS has 1 sense:
1. (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
Familiarity information: TYPE GENUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TYPE GENUS (noun)
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("type genus" is a kind of...):
genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
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