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genus
noun genera, genuses
    1. biol.
      In taxonomy: any of the groups, eg Canis (the dogs), into which a family (sense 7) is divided and which in turn is subdivided into one or more species (sense 1).
    2. A class divided into several subordinate classes.
Etymology: 16c: Latin, meaning ‘race' or ‘kind'.



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