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genus

/jee-nuhs/US // ˈdʒi nəs //UK // (ˈdʒiːnəs) //

属,类属,属类,属相

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural gen·e·ra [jen-er-uh], /ˈdʒɛn ər ə/, ge·nus·es.

    • : Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
    • : Logic. a class or group of individuals, or of species of individuals.
    • : a kind; sort; class.

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Examples

  • That genus and seven other related living ones make up the Camponotini ant “tribe,” all of which have bacteria inside their gut cells.

  • He and colleagues assigned the fossil, which was eroding out of previously dated sediment at a site called Ramnagar, to a new genus and species, Kapi ramnagarensis.

  • The reptile, from the genus Guizhouichthyosaurus, lived during the Triassic Period about 240 million years ago.

  • Many modern animals have close relatives — other species that are in their same genus.

  • Instead, they sorted the ancient prints into a “footprint genus.”

  • The genus-species distinction that we still use is a legacy of Aristotle.

  • Many products list only the genus and species, but different strains provide different benefits (more on that later).

  • The most common probiotic bacteria come from two genus groups: Lactobacillus or Bifidobacterium, although there are many others.

  • Others in the vast genus of viruses—at least 100—cause human disease.

  • He has studied the Vibrio genus of bacteria for more than 40 years and still finds it eminently fascinating.

  • Thus we see that these two lines bear towards each other the relation of genus and species.

  • The sexual cycle can take place only within the body of one genus of mosquito, anopheles.

  • M. Peron says that it forms a new genus, and of a very remarkable character.

  • This genus appears to be nearly allied to the Agamae, but differs from them in the peculiar frill that is appended to the neck.

  • There are two other species of this genus in Captain King's collection, which appear to be new.