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GENUS

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Irregular inflected forms: genera    , genus   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A general kind of something

Example:

ignore the genus communism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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"):

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)

worm genus (a genus of worms)

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)

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

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)

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 Context examples: 

A chromopeptide antineoplastic antibiotic isolated from the bacterial genus Streptomyces.

(Actinomycin Antineoplastic Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)

Any bacteria assigned to the genus Streptococcus that requires oxygen to grow or respirate.

(Aerobic Streptococcus, NCI Thesaurus)

A taxonomic family of isoprenoid pigrment producing bacterium in the phylum Actinobacteria that includes the genera Agromyces, Clavibacter, Leifsonia and Microbacterium, among others.

(Microbacteriaceae, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of minute, nonmotile gram-positive thermotolerant bacteria that are common in dairy products and the mammalian intestinal tract.

(Microbacterium, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Mogibacterium, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

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

(Moellerella, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Molluscipoxvirus.

(Molluscipoxvirus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

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

(Moraxella, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A taxonomic family of bacterium in the phylum Proteobacteria that includes the genera Moraxella, Acinetobacter and Psychrobacter, among others.

(Moraxellaceae, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Mobiluncus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)