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
In addition to this specimen being an entirely new species, Kostensuchus is also a novel genus, making this discovery even more important to the evolutionary tree.
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New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
Malvaviscus is the genus of this old-fashioned pass-along plant.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2025
Three years later, researchers determined the shark, a pregnant female measuring 29 inches long, belonged to a new species and genus.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
The remains don’t match the anatomy of a Neanderthal or modern human, and even after decades of research, its exact place within the Homo genus remains unknown.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
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New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
Malvaviscus is the genus of this old-fashioned pass-along plant.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2025
Three years later, researchers determined the shark, a pregnant female measuring 29 inches long, belonged to a new species and genus.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
The remains don’t match the anatomy of a Neanderthal or modern human, and even after decades of research, its exact place within the Homo genus remains unknown.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for genus
Noun
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That's the beauty — and the challenge — of the category.—
Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Two neighbors are likely experiencing much wider differences in inflation than the differences when looking at categories like age or race.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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New rides like this one can cost $100 million, if not more, to create; incorporate LiDAR laser systems of the kind used on self-driving cars; and rely on robotic figures with thousands of moving parts.—
Bianca Bosker,
The Atlantic,
14 Sep. 2025
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That's consistency — but not the good kind.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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In other words, their booming success as a species is directly tethered to our own.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Auron recently found a plant that turned out to be a partridge pea, a legume species native to the East Coast that has bright yellow flowers in summer and fall.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Genus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genus. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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