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Definition of Genera

1. n. pl. See Genus.

Definition of Genera

1. Noun. (plural of genus) ¹

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Definition of Genera

1. genus [n] - See also: genus

Medical Definition of Genera

1. Plural of genus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genera

Literary usage of Genera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1889)
"Variability—Individual differences—Doubtful species—Wide ranging, much diffused, and common species, vary most—Species of the larger genera in each country ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"It is doubtful, however, whether we shall ever be able to devise a plan which will relieve us of the necessity of deciding, in many cases, whether genera ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... is either entirely absent or consists of hollow noodles which are disposed outside the central capsule, regularly or irregularly. genera (selected). ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"These represent 50 genera, or less than half of the 103 genera recorded for the ... Of these 50 genera, 44 are represented by species apparently indigenous, ..."

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