Genus

  • 21Genus — Gattung; Geschlecht * * * Gẹ|nus 〈n.; , Gẹ|ne|ra〉 1. Gattung 2. 〈Gramm.〉 grammatisches Unterscheidungs u. Klassifikationsprinzip für Nomina mit den Kategorien Maskulinum (männlich), Femininum (weiblich) u. Neutrum (sächlich); Sy grammatisches… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 22genus — /jee neuhs/, n., pl. genera /jen euhr euh/, genuses. 1. Biol. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species. 2. Logic. a class or group of individuals, or of… …

    Universalium

  • 23genus — (plural genera)) 1) a category above species and next below the family group; (plural genera) 2) an individual taxon of the category genus as Salmo, Scomber, Bothus. A nominal genus is a named genus, objectively defined by its type species; thus …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 24genus — A class of things that share the same character, but divide into different sub classes or species. The genus summum is the most inclusive genus, not itself serving as a species to another yet more general kind. To define per genus et differentiam …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 25Genus — Gẹ|nus 〈n.; Gen.: , Pl.: Gẹ|ne|ra〉 1. Gattung 2. 〈Gramm.〉 Geschlecht der Substantive u. Pronomen; Genus commune gemeinsames Geschlecht der Substantive (u. Pronomen), z. B. von Maskulinum u. Femininum im Niederländischen und Dänischen; Genus… …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 26genus — лат. [гэ/нус] род, наклонение, разновидность ◊ genus chromaticum [гэ/нус хрома/тикум] хроматич. звукоряд genus diatonicum [гэ/нус диато/никум] диатонич. звукоряд genus enharmonicum …

    Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • 27genus — noun /ˈdʒiːnəs/ a) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia. b) A group with common attributes …

    Wiktionary

  • 28genus — In natural history classification, the taxonomic level of division between the family, or tribe, and the species; a group of species alike in the broad features of their organization but different in detail, and incapable of …

    Medical dictionary

  • 29genus — noun 1) Biology a large genus of plants Syn: subdivision, division, group, subfamily 2) a new genus of music Syn: type, sort, kind, genre, style, variety, category …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 30genus — n.; pl. genera a category used in the classification of animals and plants. A genus consists of several closely related and similar species; for example the genus Canis includes the dog, wolf, and jackal …

    The new mediacal dictionary