Thesaurus: genus
A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.
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- n. A class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/objects">objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.
- n. An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus.
- n. a general kind of something
- n. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
- A class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/objects">objects divided into several subordinate species; aclass more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactlydivided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts ofterms.
- n:100 n. a general kind of something n. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species