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Added 8 October 2026

genus

/ˈdʒiːnəs/ noun

In Latin: genus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about genus at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A general kind of something.
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(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin genus (“birth, origin, a race, sort, kind”) from the root gen- in Latin gignō (“to beget, produce”). Doublet of gender and genre, further related to kin.

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