genera
Multiple Entries:genera genus
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
genera/ˈʤenərə/
plural form of genus.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
genus /ˈdʒiːnəs, ˈdʒɛnəs/
▶noun (pl. genera /ˈdʒɛn(ə)rə/)
- 1 Biology a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, denoted by a capitalized Latin name, e.g. Leo.
- 2 a class of things which have common characteristics and which can be divided into subordinate kinds.
– origin C16: from L., ‘birth, race, stock’.
'genera' also found in these Oxford entries:
acara
- accipiter
- agouti
- albatross
- alderfly
- alyssum
- ambrosia beetle
- aphid
- argus
- asphodel
- auger shell
- baboon
- bamboo
- bath sponge
- bean
- bettong
- bindweed
- blackfly
- blenny
- blister beetle
- bluebell
- blue mould
- botfly
- brain coral
- brittlestar
- broom
- bunting
- burnet
- burying beetle
- butterfly fish
- camas
- campion
- catchfly
- cedar
- chameleon
- chevrotain
- chimera
- chiton
- chrysanthemum
- coati
- colobus
- conch
- coneflower
- conure
- coquette
- coral snake
- cotinga
- coucal
- crayfish
- cress
