Associations to the word «Genus»

GENUS, noun. (taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank

GENUS, noun. A group with common attributes.

GENUS, noun. (topology) A number measuring some aspect of the complexity of any of various manifolds or graphs

GENUS, noun. (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.

GENUS NAME, noun. (taxonomy) The scientific name of a genus may be called the generic name or generic epithet: it is always capitalized.

GENUS, noun. A general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism".

GENUS, noun. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species.