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genus

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"Biological category"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈdʒiːnəs/Part of speech nounSorted egnsuStarts with GEnds with S1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. General kind or biological classification rank.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.
  • Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.
  • There are only two genera and species of seadragons.

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