genus
/ˈd͡ʒiːnəs/ nom C2En français : genre
- A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species. · All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.· Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.
- A taxon at this rank. · In most cases, at subsequent mentions of the binomial name you can abbreviate the genus with no danger of confusing the reader.
- A group with common attributes.
- A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
- Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
- A type of tuning or intonation, used within an Ancient Greek tetrachord.
Pluriel genera
Dans la bibliothèque
“Tut, tut!” answered the abbé, “man is but man after all, and you are about the best specimen of the genus I have ever known.
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