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Synonyms for genus
ˈdʒi nəs; ˈdʒɛn ər əgenus
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Princeton's WordNet
genusnoun
a general kind of something
"ignore the genus communism"
genusnoun
(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
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genusnoun
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group (subordinate to a class, tribe, or order), assemblage of species
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How to use genus in a sentence?
The genus name, Thapunngaka, incorporates thapun [ ta-boon ] and ngaka [ nga-ga ], the Wanamara words for' spear' and' mouth', respectively, the species name, shawi, honours the fossil's discoverer Len Shaw, so the name means' Shaw's spear mouth'.
At 2.8 million years ago, this places the evolution of our genus very close to 3.0 million years ago, which is when we last see Lucy's species.
This genus of frog shows extreme endemism [found nowhere else on Earth] with several new species described in the last couple of decades across the Andean valleys of northern Bolivia and southern Peru, so we were hopeful of at least one discovery, much more surprisingly, on this same high altitude trip I was also lucky enough to discover a new Liolaemus iguana lizard in a valley at 4,500-meters of altitude.
Man is not a machine... Although man most certainly processes information, he does not necessarily process it in the way computers do. Computers and men are not species of the same genus... However much intelligence computers may attain, now or in the furture, theirs must always be an intelligence alien to genuine human problems and concerns.
Humans have such a large and sometimes unexpected influence on economies and ecosystems, the squash we have today are remaining representatives of this genus of plant which otherwise would have been in trouble for survival because of the changing landscape.
Translations for genus
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- جنسArabic
- gènereCatalan, Valencian
- rodCzech
- slægt, genus, slægtenDanish
- GattungGerman
- είδος, γένοςGreek
- genroEsperanto
- géneroSpanish
- perekondEstonian
- سرده, جنسPersian
- sukuFinnish
- genreFrench
- aicme, géineasIrish
- xéneroGalician
- जातिHindi
- nemzetségHungarian
- ցեղArmenian
- margaIndonesian
- genereItalian
- סוּגHebrew
- 属Japanese
- ពួកKhmer
- ಕುಲKannada
- 속Korean
- genusLatin
- ģintsLatvian
- сој, родMacedonian
- genusMalay
- soort, geslachtDutch
- slektenNorwegian
- rodzajPolish
- gêneroPortuguese
- genRomanian
- родRussian
- släkteSwedish
- பேரினம்Tamil
- ప్రజాతిTelugu
- ประเภทThai
- cinsTurkish
- родUkrainian
- جینسUrdu
- chiVietnamese
- bidVolapük
- מיןYiddish
- 种Chinese
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