as in type
one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic
the crime novel, written from the criminal's perspective, is sometimes seen as a particular species of the detective story genus
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Recent Examples of genus
All true lilies grow from bulbs and are members of the genus Lilium.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
The largest isopod species are those from the genus Bathynomus – animals that live in the deep sea and that are much larger than their shallow-water relatives.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Roses Almost every SoCal botanic garden worth its salt has some space devoted to the genus Rosa, along with a few public parks and ranchos, such as Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum in Rancho Dominguez, Rancho Los Alamitos in Long Beach and Exposition Park in South L.A.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
The bowstrings were made from the animal tendons belonging to a genus that includes several species of goats and ibex, a genus of wild boar and pigs, and the roe deer.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
The largest isopod species are those from the genus Bathynomus – animals that live in the deep sea and that are much larger than their shallow-water relatives.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Roses Almost every SoCal botanic garden worth its salt has some space devoted to the genus Rosa, along with a few public parks and ranchos, such as Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum in Rancho Dominguez, Rancho Los Alamitos in Long Beach and Exposition Park in South L.A.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
The bowstrings were made from the animal tendons belonging to a genus that includes several species of goats and ibex, a genus of wild boar and pigs, and the roe deer.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for genus
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Other categories include electronics and electrical machinery, at $94.5 billion, miscellaneous at $78.9 billion, and metals, at $52.5 billion.—
Vicki M. Young,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Mar. 2025
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These categories are labeled with a color for difficulty.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps the largest of its kind was a retrospective analysis that appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2002.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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These wooden stakes, used to impede attackers, are the first of their kind to be recovered from this period.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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The cases also ushered in a new age of harmful species introduction.—
Ian Rose,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Feb. 2025
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There’s also an AI species identification system for collecting research samples and sonar for mapping the seabed down to 26,200 feet.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Genus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genus. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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