genusnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdʒiː.nəs/us/ˈdʒiː.nəs/plural genera specializeda group of animals or plants, more closely related than a family, but less similar than a species
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Species & genders
- breed
- class
- female
- genera
- he
- m
- male
- order
- paramecium
- phylum
- related
- same-gender
- she
- species
- strain
- subspecies