genus

Meanings

Plural: genera, genii, genuses, genusses

Noun

a general kind of something
- "ignore the genus communism"
(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
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.
Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
A type of tuning or intonation, used within an Ancient Greek tetrachord.

Origin / Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
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.

Synonyms

genus name

Scrabble Score: 6

genus is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
genus is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
genus is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

genus is a valid Words With Friends word