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genus

Pronunciation: /ˈdʒiːnəs/

The English word “genus” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
  2. A taxon at this rank.
  3. A group with common attributes.
  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.

Etymology

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.

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