Genus

/ˈdʒiːnəs/

Synonyms for "genus" (148 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Noun(15 words)

abronia afrocarpus anagasta anomalops anthonomus baphia blattella bruchus bursera cacalia category cibotium class classification comptonia

antonomasiabinomial nomenclaturebiosystematics biosystematy biotype blood branch brand breed cast character clan class classification color

Strong matches (44)

Noun(22 words)

cucumis cyclops dendroica difflugia eleusine erodium fenusa fremontia garcinia genyonemus group gymnelis hermannia hugueninia hylocichla hylophylax kind lasiocampa liopelma manticora

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mayetiola medicago

denomination description designation family feather form genotype genre glossology grain ilk kidney kin kind kingdom label line lot make manner

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mark

Adjective(1 words)

garrulus

Related words (74)

mold mould moulder mouldy nature nomenclature number onomastics onomatology order orismology persuasion phylum place-names place-naming polyonymy race section series shape

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Noun(27 words)

myricaria myringa nanomia napaea nycticorax ocyurus olimbos parophrys petteria pluvialis porphyrio prionotus ptloris radiigera radyera raoulia roccella rodolia rosmarinus sciaena

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sinningia stictomys strekelia sylvia taxon type zaglossus

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

13 entries

category classification concept form group kind sort taxontaxonomic categorytaxonomic grouptaxonomic ranktaxonomy variety

More specific

7 entries

kind model species style subgenus typetype species

Collocations

6 entries

genera classificationgenus categorygenus conceptgenus levelgenus namegenus rank

Inflections

1 entries

genera

Derivations

1 entries

generic

Translations

93 translations across 79 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

1 entries

род noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

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

1 entries

gènere noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

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

1 entries

屬 /属 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Czech

1 entries

rod noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Danish

2 entries

genus noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
slægt noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Dari

2 entries

جِنْس noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
سَرْدَه noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Dutch

1 entries

geslacht noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Esperanto

1 entries

genro noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Estonian

1 entries

perekond noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Finnish

1 entries

suku noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

French

1 entries

genre noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Galician

1 entries

xénero noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Georgian

1 entries

გვარი noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

German

1 entries

Gattung noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Greek

1 entries

γένος noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

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

1 entries

nemzetség noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Icelandic

1 entries

ættkvísl noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Ido

1 entries

genero noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Indonesian

1 entries

genus noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

جِنْس noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
سَرْدِه noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Irish

1 entries

géineas noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Italian

1 entries

genere noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Japanese

1 entries

属 noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

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

3 entries

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)

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

1 entries

род noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

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

1 entries

genre noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Polish

1 entries

rodzaj noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Portuguese

1 entries

gênero noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Romanian

1 entries

gen noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Russian

1 entries

род noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

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

1 entries

género noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Swahili

1 entries

jenasi noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

Swedish

2 entries

genus noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
släkte noun (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)

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.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The biologist classifies the newly found species in its own genus, whereas other taxonomists want to put it into an established genus.

Source: tatoeba (796209)

In many ways, these fossils are the 'smoking gun' just before the emergence of our own genus.

Source: tatoeba (1089591)

The yellow-eyed penguin is the sole extant species in the genus Megadyptes.

Source: tatoeba (4475154)

The Sargasso Sea is a vast patch of ocean named for a genus of free-floating seaweed called Sargassum.

Source: tatoeba (6679818)

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