The biologist classifies the newly found species in its own genus, whereas other taxonomists want to put it into an established genus.
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Genus
//ˈdʒiːnəs//
Synonyms for "genus" (87 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (43)
Related word relations
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7 entriesMore specific
4 entriesRelated terms
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
derived
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
etymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
6 entriesis a
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
139 translations across 80 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- genus noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- geslag noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Albanian
1 entries- gjini noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Arabic
1 entries- جِنْس noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Armenian
1 entries- ցեղ noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- cins noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Belarusian
1 entries- род noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Bengali
2 entries- গণ noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- বর্গ noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Bulgarian
3 entries- клас noun (group with common attributes)
- род noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- род noun (taxon at this rank)
Burmese
1 entries- မျိုးစု noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- род noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Catalan
2 entries- gènere noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- gènere noun (taxon at this rank)
Chinese
1 entries- 屬 /属 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 屬 /属 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 屬 /属 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- 虧格 /亏格 noun (topological invariant)
Czech
2 entries- rod noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- rod noun (taxon at this rank)
Danish
4 entries- genus noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- genus noun (taxon at this rank)
- genus noun (topological invariant)
- slægt noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Dari
3 entries- جِنْس noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- سَرْدَه noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- سَرْدَه noun (taxon at this rank)
Dutch
3 entries- geslacht noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- geslacht noun (taxon at this rank)
- soort noun (group with common attributes)
Esperanto
2 entries- genro noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- genro noun (taxon at this rank)
Estonian
1 entries- perekond noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Finnish
4 entries- genus noun (topological invariant)
- ryhmä noun (group with common attributes)
- suku noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- suku noun (taxon at this rank)
French
2 entries- genre noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- genre noun (taxon at this rank)
Galician
4 entries- clase noun (group with common attributes)
- xénero noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- xénero noun (taxon at this rank)
- xénero noun (topological invariant)
Georgian
2 entries- გვარი noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- გვარი noun (taxon at this rank)
German
2 entries- Gattung noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- Gattung noun (taxon at this rank)
Greek
4 entries- γένος noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- γένος noun (taxon at this rank)
- γένος noun (group with common attributes)
- είδος noun (group with common attributes)
Hebrew
1 entries- סוּג noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Hindi
2 entries- जिंस noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- वंश noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Hungarian
2 entries- nemzetség noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- nemzetség noun (taxon at this rank)
Icelandic
1 entries- ættkvísl noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Ido
2 entries- genero noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- genero noun (taxon at this rank)
Indonesian
1 entries- genus noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- جِنْس noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- سَرْدِه noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- سَرْدِه noun (taxon at this rank)
Irish
3 entries- aicme noun (group with common attributes)
- géineas noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- géineas noun (taxon at this rank)
Italian
3 entries- genere noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- genere noun (taxon at this rank)
- genere noun (topological invariant)
Japanese
2 entries- 属 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- 種数 noun (topological invariant)
Kazakh
1 entries- тұқымдас noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Khmer
1 entries- ពួក noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Korean
1 entries- 속 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- уруу noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Lao
4 entries- ຈຳພວກ noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- ຈຳພວກ noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- ຊາດ noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- ຊາຕິ noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Latin
1 entries- genus noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Latvian
1 entries- ģints noun (taxon at this rank)
Lithuanian
1 entries- gentis noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- rod noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Macedonian
3 entries- род noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- род noun (taxon at this rank)
- сој noun (group with common attributes)
Malagasy
1 entries- karazana noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Malay
1 entries- genus noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Malayalam
2 entries- ജനുസ്സ് noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- ജീനസ് noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Mongolian
1 entries- төрөл noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Māori
1 entries- puninga noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- tuxm noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- slekt noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Occitan
3 entries- classa noun (group with common attributes)
- genre noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- genre noun (taxon at this rank)
Polish
1 entries- rodzaj noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Portuguese
3 entries- gênero noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- gênero noun (taxon at this rank)
- gênero noun (topological invariant)
Romanian
1 entries- gen noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Russian
3 entries- класс noun (group with common attributes)
- род noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- род noun (taxon at this rank)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- rȏd noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- ро̑д noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Slovak
1 entries- rod noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Slovene
1 entries- rod noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Spanish
2 entries- género noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- género noun (taxon at this rank)
Swahili
1 entries- jenasi noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Swedish
4 entries- genus noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- genus noun (taxon at this rank)
- släkte noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- släkte noun (taxon at this rank)
Tagalog
1 entries- urihay noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Tajik
1 entries- ҷинс noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Tatar
1 entries- ыруг noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Telugu
1 entries- ప్రజాతి noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Thai
1 entries- สกุล noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Turkish
1 entries- cins noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Turkmen
2 entries- jyns noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- urug noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Ukrainian
1 entries- рід noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- ród noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Urdu
1 entries- جِنْس noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئۇرۇق noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- جىنس noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Uzbek
2 entries- jins noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
- urugʻ noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chi noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Volapük
1 entries- bid noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Welsh
1 entries- genws noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Yiddish
1 entries- מין noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
In many ways, these fossils are the 'smoking gun' just before the emergence of our own genus.
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The yellow-eyed penguin is the sole extant species in the genus Megadyptes.
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The Sargasso Sea is a vast patch of ocean named for a genus of free-floating seaweed called Sargassum.
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