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Definition of Type genus
1. Noun. (biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed; it is not necessarily the most representative genus but often the largest or best known or earliest described.
Medical Definition of Type genus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Type Genus
Literary usage of Type genus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"... has been retained in the restricted genus Tringa, and regarded as its type.
Genus ... Monotypic, with Tringa minuta Ix-isler as type. Genus ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"... which presents remarkable resemblances, especially in the type genus, ...
than in the type genus. It is noteworthy that a molar from the Tertiary of ..."
3. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"The name of a subfamily is formed by adding the ending -ince, and the name of a
family by adding -idee to the root of the name of the type genus. ..."
4. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"Its type genus Erica (Heath), which is exclusively Old World, and very characteristic
of the Cape, appears to be unknown before the Upper Miocene of ..."
5. The Elements of Inductive Logic by Thomas Fowler (1883)
"to the type-genus Rosa. Dr. Whewell's view will be understood from the following
... 'The Type-species of every genus, the Type-genus of every family ..."
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