GENUS (genera, genus)

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Irregular inflected forms: genera    , genus   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

generic (applicable to an entire class or group)

Sense 2

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"):

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

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

Domain category:

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

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

worm genus (a genus of worms)

fern genus (genera of ferns and fern allies)

plant genus (a genus of plants)

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

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

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

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

moss genus (a genus of mosses)

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

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)

echinoderm genus (a genus of echinoderms)

mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

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

ctenophore genus (a genus of ctenophores)

coelenterate genus (a genus of coelenterates)

sponge genus (a genus of Porifera)

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

bird genus (a genus of birds)

chordate genus (any genus in the phylum Chordata)

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

protoctist genus (any genus of Protoctista)

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

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

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

Derivation:

generic (relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus)

 Context examples 

Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Aeromonas genus level.

(Aeromonas, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A genus of Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Aeromonadaceae.

(Aeromonas, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, coccobacilli shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria and the family Pasteurellaceae.

(Aggregatibacter, NCI Thesaurus)

Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Aggregatibacter genus level.

(Aggregatibacter, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Methylobacterium genus level.

(Methylobacterium, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A taxonomic family of Gram negative, soil borne bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria that includes the genera Aeromonas and Zobellella, among others.

(Aeromonadaceae, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of aerobic, Gram positive, cocci shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Firmicutes and the family Aerococcaceae.

(Aerococcus, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of bacteria within the phylum Actinobacteria consisting of gram-positive bacilli that can be anaerobic or facultatively anaerobic.

(Actinomyces, NCI Thesaurus)

Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Actinomadura genus level.

(Actinomadura, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Actinomyces genus level.

(Actinomyces, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)