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genera

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variants: also genuses
plural of genus

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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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genealogy

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“Genera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genera. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.

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