Dictionary

genus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdʒiːnəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• jēn’-əs (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈd͡ʒiːnəs/ (US)
• /ˈdʒɛnəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• jēn’-əs (US)
• jĕn’-əs (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genusbor. English genus Borrowed from Latin genus (“birth, origin, a race, sort, kind”) from the root gen- in Latin gignō (“to beget, produce”). Doublet of gender and genre, further related to kin.

Meanings

1. A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
   • Müller […] criticized the division of the "Jubuleae" into two families and he cited Jubula as an annectant genus. 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:
   • All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.
   • Other maloid genera with hard nutlets are Cotoneaster, Hesperomeles, Osteomeles, and Pyracantba, but each of these is quite different from Mespilus and Crataegus. 2003, James B. Phipps, Robert J. O'Kennon, Ronald W. Lance, Hawthorns and Medlars, Portland, O.R.: Timber Press, →ISBN, page 57:
   • There are only two genera and species of seadragons.
   • Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.
2. (qualifier:by ellipsis) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species. ▸ A taxon at this rank.
   • In most cases, at subsequent mentions of the binomial name you can abbreviate the genus with no danger of confusing the reader.
3. A group with common attributes.
   • Recollection is one of a whole genus of effects which are more or less peculiar to the phenomena that we naturally call "mental." 1945, Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy, page 655:
4. A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
5. Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
6. A type of tuning or intonation, used within an Ancient Greek tetrachord.

Forms

Deriveds

oogenus · nothogenus · intragenus · form genus · plurigenus · Euler-Fokker genus · ichnogenus · bigenus · Euler genus · type genus · demigenus · genonym · intergenus · genotype · pseudogenus · genarian · multigenus · genus name · summum genus · cloud genus · genus alternas

Descendants

ജീനസ് · jenasi · สกุล

Hyponyms

Euler genus · diatonic · chromatic · enharmonic

Relateds

species (biological taxa) · kingdom (biological taxa) · phylum (biological taxa) · differentia · genocide · subgenus (biological taxa) · order (biological taxa) · domain (biological taxa) · general · generate · gender · supergenus (biological taxa) · family (biological taxa) · class (biological taxa) · infrageneric · genre · generic · series (biological taxa) · section (biological taxa) · generation · division (biological taxa)

Synonyms

genus name

Translations (139)

be род (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · lo ຈຳພວກ (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · cmn 屬 /属 (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · sh rȏd (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ka გვარი (taxon at this rank) · da genus (topological invariant) · fi ryhmä (group with common attributes) · tt ыруг (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · uk рід (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · es género (taxonómico) (taxon at this rank) · te ప్రజాతి (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ml ജീനസ് (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · bg род (taxon at this rank) · lo ຊາຕິ (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · fi suku (group with common attributes) · hi वंश (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · gl clase (group with common attributes) · ga géineas (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ga aicme (group with common attributes) · io genero (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · gl xénero (topological invariant) · lt gentis (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · pl rodzaj (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · lo ຊາດ (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · el γένος (taxon at this rank) · hi जिंस (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · dsb rod (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · af geslag (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · rue род (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · pt gênero (topological invariant) · fi suku (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · nl geslacht (taxon at this rank) · it genere (taxon at this rank) · gl xénero (taxon at this rank) · vo bid (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · bn গণ (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ur جِنْس (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · bg клас (group with common attributes) · ky уруу (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · sk rod (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · et perekond (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · prs سَرْدَه (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ca gènere (taxon at this rank) · sh ро̑д (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ru класс (group with common attributes) · tk jyns (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · hu nemzetség (taxon at this rank) · da slægt (taxon at this rank) · bn বর্গ (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · kmr tuxm (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · cy genws (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ru род (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ja 属 (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · kk туыс (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · oc classa (group with common attributes) · fa-ira سَرْدِه (taxon at this rank) · da genus (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · es género (taxonómico) (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · it genere (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · mk сој (group with common attributes) · sv släkte (taxon at this rank) · it genere (topological invariant) · cs rod (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · tl urihay (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · th สกุล (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ja 種数 (topological invariant) · sv genus (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · oc genre (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · fa-ira سَرْدِه (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ug ئۇرۇق (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · hsb ród (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · mk род (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · fr genre (taxon at this rank) · ml ജനുസ്സ് (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · eo genro (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · da genus (taxon at this rank) · sl rod (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ka გვარი (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · el είδος (group with common attributes) · km ពួក (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · prs جِنْس (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · my မျိုးစု (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ko 속 (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · de Gattung (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · el γένος (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · mn төрөл (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · gl xénero (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · nb slekt (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ro gen (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · fi genus (topological invariant) · uz urugʻ (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · hu nemzetség (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · tk urug (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · sq gjini (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · nl soort (group with common attributes) · ca gènere (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · yue 屬 /属 (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · mk род (taxon at this rank) · az cins (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · prs سَرْدَه (taxon at this rank) · da slægt (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · sv genus (taxon at this rank) · lv ģints (taxon at this rank) · tg ҷинс (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · fi suku (taxon at this rank) · de Gattung (taxon at this rank) · ms genus (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ug جىنس (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · io genero (taxon at this rank) · eo genro (taxon at this rank) · pt gênero (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · yi מין (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · uz jins (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · sw jenasi (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · el γένος (group with common attributes) · nl geslacht (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · he סוּג (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · mg karazana (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · fr genre (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · mi puninga (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · id genus (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · tr cins (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · af genus (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · pt gênero (taxon at this rank) · oc genre (taxon at this rank) · cs rod (taxon at this rank) · sv släkte (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · cmn 虧格 /亏格 (topological invariant) · bg род (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ru род (taxon at this rank) · is ættkvísl (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ar جِنْس (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · ga géineas (taxon at this rank) · nan-hbl 屬 /属 (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · fa-ira جِنْس (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · am ወገን (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · vi chi (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · hy ցեղ (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species) · la genus (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)