Word Type

Noun

The word "genus" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Euler genus Euler-Fokker genus bigenus cloud genus demigenus form genus genarian genotype genus alternas genus name ichnogenus intergenus intragenus multigenus nothogenus oogenus plurigenus pseudogenus summum genus type genus

Etymologically Related To

genre kin

Context

algebraic geometry biology graph theory semantics taxonomy topology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

form kind sort taxon taxonomic category taxonomic group variety

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Euler genus chromatic diatonic enharmonic

Type Of (IsA)

kind taxonomic group

Part Of

family

Related Terms

class differentia division domain family gender general generate generation generic genocide genre infrageneric kingdom order phylum section series species subgenus supergenus

Related Terms

attribute class common complexity differentia division family generic name graph group kingdom manifold natural number order organism phylum rank species taxon

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