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the genus
noun
A rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank
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The genus is termed Panicum.
Tinkerbirds constitute the genus Pogoniulus.
The genus was named after Louis Pasteur.
The genus is, in the jargon, "paraphyletic".
Mycoplasma, any bacterium in the genus Mycoplasma.
The genus Acipenser contains approximately 17 species.
The latter are part of the genus Pelargonium, while cranesbills belong to the genus Geranium.
This number is called the genus of the surface.
Fish of the genus Nothobranchius are a strange lot.
Evenhuis was the expert and Campsicnemus the genus.
Lilies are true lilies, members of the genus Lilium.
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