Examples of 'genus' in a sentence
Meaning of "genus"
Genus is a taxonomic rank used in biological classification that groups species with shared characteristics. It is a higher classification level than species but lower than family
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- A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
- A taxon at this rank.
- A group with common attributes.
- A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
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Dinodnavirus is a genus of viruses that infect dinoflagellates.
They were definitely members of the same genus.
Cypsiurus is a genus of the swift family of birds.
Helveticosaurus is an unusual extinct genus of diapsid reptile.
Peniophora is a genus of fungi which are plant pathogens.
There are about twelve species in the genus.
Aechmophorus is a genus of birds in the grebe family.
This is the largest flower in the genus.
Adelphobates is a small genus of poison dart frogs.
A genus of moth also bears her name.
Ambrella is a monotypic genus in the orchid family.
The genus is collectively known as the stonecresses.
All species of the genus are thorny shrubs.
Just two species are placed in this genus.
Kobresia is a genus of plants in the sedge family.
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Specific requirements for genus and species.
Cynodon is a genus of plants in the grass family.
Most of the species in this genus are epiphytes.
Cristispira is a genus of bacteria of the spirochete phylum.
You group similar species into a genus.
Extatosoma is a genus of phasmids with two species.
Classes encompassing more than one genus.
Cylindraspis is a genus of recently extinct giant tortoises.
It is the only species within its genus.
Corispermum is a genus of plants in the goosefoot family.
There are three described species in this genus.
Cichlasoma is a genus of fish in the cichlid family.
All forms of the papaver genus.
Zea is a genus of plants in the grass family.
It is currently the only genus in its family.
In this genus the ovary of the flower is underground.
Liaoxiornis is a dubious genus of enantiornithine bird.
A genus with only one species is called monotypic.
A deltaretrovirus is a genus of the retroviridae family.
The genus has a palearctic distribution.
A gammaretrovirus is a genus of the retroviridae family.
No faults were recorded at the genus level.
Boykinia is a small genus of plants related to the saxifrages.
It is usually classified in a genus of its own.
Bellis is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.
Never keep any of the genus woman waiting.
Verpa is a genus of ascomycete fungi related to the morels.
The monophyly of the genus is debatable.
Rotaria is a genus of asexual microorganism known as a bdelloid rotifer.
Avena fatua is a species of grass in the oat genus.
Members of this genus are called screwstems.
It is the type species of its genus.
It is the type genus of the family.
This genus is the only one in its family.
An epsilonretrovirus is a genus of the retroviridae family.
