Genus
/ˈdʒiːnəs/noun
A classification of related plants or animals with similar characteristics.
Lions, tigers, and leopards belong to the genus Panthera
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- genus species
- genus name
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noun
A natural kind or sort.
They have produced a new genus of sound
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- genus of
- new genus
noun
A class of items having common attributes.
Human is a genus of animal
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- genus of
- various genus
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Academic
noun
A classification of related plants or animals with similar characteristics.
Lions, tigers, and leopards belong to the genus Panthera
Often appears as...
- genus species
- genus name
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A natural kind or sort.
They have produced a new genus of sound
Often appears as...
- genus of
- new genus
noun
A class of items having common attributes.
Human is a genus of animal
Often appears as...
- genus of
- various genus
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Hierarchy Level
In biological classification, genus ranks above species and below family, showing its position in classification hierarchy.
In the genus Equus, horses and zebras are closely related species.
Pro Tip 2/3Latin Names
Scientific names use Latin, so the genus part of a species' name is always capitalized and italicized or underlined.
The tomato plant belongs to the genus Solanum.
Pro Tip 3/3Shared Traits
Species within the same genus share many traits and can sometimes interbreed, unlike those in different genera.
Both the domestic dog and the gray wolf are part of the genus Canis.
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breedcategoryclassificationfamilygroupkindsorttype
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Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
looking at out the court you know not very far away maybe just you know eight or ten feet away from where Tim's face would be right there where the where the lens would normally go and this was a this was you know really important I chose to study this genus because they were very accessible they display on the ground and it seemed like a really great
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Eli the eel: A...
but live their adult lives in salt water, eels of the genus Anguilla migrate in the opposite direction, spawning and breeding in oceans and seas, while spending most of their intervening time in fresh water. If we were to take one such fresh water eel and follow its life story,
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Why do we kiss under...
porcupines, robins, bluebirds, morning doves, and the butterfly genus Delias. Some mistletoe species produce dense bushes, which are excellent nesting locations for a variety of birds. And despite their parasitic relationship with trees, mistletoes can also help other plants.
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Plesiosaurs 101 PIPE...
devouring large marine animals and even other Plesiosauria. Despite their differences, pliosaurs and plesiosaurs shared a few key features that were characteristic of the genus Plesiosauria. They used all four of their flippers to swim
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The extraordinary lives...
leech anywhere in the world you can see the the teeth in the middle left over there and because it had the largest teeth and it was causing pain for these children we decided to get it was a nude species and a new genus and so we aptly
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Coral Reef Ocean...
question and so that completely depends so deep water cold corals are very slow growing where um staghorn coral so like these branching ones or the genus acropora are known as sort of the weedier species and they grow quickly
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Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
of Africa and their enormous genus we only get one in the area there's two you find out in the forests the red and the blue deck and the blue deck have being the smallest antelope in the world I believe I could be wrong way
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How to Raise Successful...
of an unknown genus and species -- and it's my job to provide a nourishing environment, to strengthen them through chores and to love them so they can love others and receive love
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Meet the World's Tiniest...
itself the leaves of the fan dry grass is shaped like a tin roof and placed it with silica so it can protect itself from its environment within the bryophytes there's this genus
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Nick Veasey: Exposing...
but also it looks like it's a robot, and it comes from a sci-fi genus. It's a surprise that it has humanity,
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Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
looking at out the court you know not very far away maybe just you know eight or ten feet away from where Tim's face would be right there where the where the lens would normally go and this was a this was you know really important I chose to study this genus because they were very accessible they display on the ground and it seemed like a really great
Video examples
Eli the eel: A...
but live their adult lives in salt water, eels of the genus Anguilla migrate in the opposite direction, spawning and breeding in oceans and seas, while spending most of their intervening time in fresh water. If we were to take one such fresh water eel and follow its life story,
Video examples
Why do we kiss under...
porcupines, robins, bluebirds, morning doves, and the butterfly genus Delias. Some mistletoe species produce dense bushes, which are excellent nesting locations for a variety of birds. And despite their parasitic relationship with trees, mistletoes can also help other plants.
Video examples
Plesiosaurs 101 PIPE...
devouring large marine animals and even other Plesiosauria. Despite their differences, pliosaurs and plesiosaurs shared a few key features that were characteristic of the genus Plesiosauria. They used all four of their flippers to swim
Video examples
The extraordinary lives...
leech anywhere in the world you can see the the teeth in the middle left over there and because it had the largest teeth and it was causing pain for these children we decided to get it was a nude species and a new genus and so we aptly
Video examples
Coral Reef Ocean...
question and so that completely depends so deep water cold corals are very slow growing where um staghorn coral so like these branching ones or the genus acropora are known as sort of the weedier species and they grow quickly
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
of Africa and their enormous genus we only get one in the area there's two you find out in the forests the red and the blue deck and the blue deck have being the smallest antelope in the world I believe I could be wrong way
Video examples
How to Raise Successful...
of an unknown genus and species -- and it's my job to provide a nourishing environment, to strengthen them through chores and to love them so they can love others and receive love
Video examples
Meet the World's Tiniest...
itself the leaves of the fan dry grass is shaped like a tin roof and placed it with silica so it can protect itself from its environment within the bryophytes there's this genus
Video examples
Nick Veasey: Exposing...
but also it looks like it's a robot, and it comes from a sci-fi genus. It's a surprise that it has humanity,
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Alan Stern
American Scientist
In science, we take large numbers of disparate facts and reduce them to see patterns. We use the patterns to reduce the amount of information. It's the reason we name species and genera and families in biology. It's also the reason we have names for certain types of geological features and so on in other fields.
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John Moody
American Businessman
People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future possibilities were almost unlimited, so far as the development of natural resources and the genera production of wealth were concerned.
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Paul Stamets
American Scientist
Of all mushrooms commonly consumed, oyster mushrooms in the genus Pleurotus stand out as exceptional allies for improving human and environmental health. These mushrooms enjoy a terrific reputation as the easiest to cultivate, richly nutritious and medicinally supportive.
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George Gaylord Simpson
American Scientist
Every paleontologist knows that most new species, genera, and families, and that nearly all categories above the level of family appear in the record suddenly and are not led up to by known, gradual, completely continuous transitional sequences.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
If there should prove to be one real, living Free State Democrat in Kansas, I suggest that it might be well to catch him and stuff and preserve his skin as an interesting specimen of that soon-to-be-extinct variety of the genus Democrat.
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Asa Gray
American Scientist
I accept extinction as best explaining disjoined species. I see that the same cause must have reduced many species of great range to small, and that it may have reduced large genera to so small, and of families.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
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Otto Wallach
German Scientist
One would think that plants belonging to the same genus would always produce identical or at least similar oils. But this is by no means so.
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Alfred Marshall
English Economist
Producer's Surplus is a convenient name for the genus of which the rent of land is the leading species.
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Frankie Grande
American Dancer
I can pretty much name and rattle off the genus and species of all the bugs you see in everyday life.
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Alan Stern
American Scientist
In science, we take large numbers of disparate facts and reduce them to see patterns. We use the patterns to reduce the amount of information. It's the reason we name species and genera and families in biology. It's also the reason we have names for certain types of geological features and so on in other fields.
Quote examples
John Moody
American Businessman
People began to understand that with the acquisition of California the nation had obtained practically half a continent, of which the future possibilities were almost unlimited, so far as the development of natural resources and the genera production of wealth were concerned.
Quote examples
Paul Stamets
American Scientist
Of all mushrooms commonly consumed, oyster mushrooms in the genus Pleurotus stand out as exceptional allies for improving human and environmental health. These mushrooms enjoy a terrific reputation as the easiest to cultivate, richly nutritious and medicinally supportive.
Quote examples
George Gaylord Simpson
American Scientist
Every paleontologist knows that most new species, genera, and families, and that nearly all categories above the level of family appear in the record suddenly and are not led up to by known, gradual, completely continuous transitional sequences.
Quote examples
Abraham Lincoln
American President
If there should prove to be one real, living Free State Democrat in Kansas, I suggest that it might be well to catch him and stuff and preserve his skin as an interesting specimen of that soon-to-be-extinct variety of the genus Democrat.
Quote examples
Asa Gray
American Scientist
I accept extinction as best explaining disjoined species. I see that the same cause must have reduced many species of great range to small, and that it may have reduced large genera to so small, and of families.
Quote examples
Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Quote examples
Otto Wallach
German Scientist
One would think that plants belonging to the same genus would always produce identical or at least similar oils. But this is by no means so.
Quote examples
Alfred Marshall
English Economist
Producer's Surplus is a convenient name for the genus of which the rent of land is the leading species.
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Frankie Grande
American Dancer
I can pretty much name and rattle off the genus and species of all the bugs you see in everyday life.
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