Thesaurus results for GENERA

genera

noun

variants also genuses

Definition of genera

plural of genus

as in categories

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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Rooms The resort’s 130 rooms and villas are split across six categories, and each has its own outdoor pool fed by the hot spring.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Nov. 2026
The accusations surfaced when the general manager discovered a check posted in two different categories in an area of the company’s accounting software that dealt with profit loss statements, the warrant affidavit said.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of categories

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The model predicted that this effect was concentrated in those cells rather than occurring broadly across other cell types.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
The new model is designed to capture those differences, predicting the effects of genetic variants on individual cell types and states.

— Robert Hart, The Verge, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of types

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Dragons, sea creatures and animals of all kinds will come to life with lights at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens this holiday season for the event’s seventh year.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026
Beloved seventies patterns of all kinds are back in this season, from stripes to animal print.

— Michel Mejía, Glamour, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of kinds

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Peru's anchovy industry, the largest single-species fishery in the world, is being rocked by the ongoing El Niño .

— Nathan Rott, NPR, 10 Nov. 2026
Fruit flies are a key animal model, and studying their brains can help illuminate pathways and functions our species share.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2026

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