genus

genus is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.
2. noun. An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus.
3. noun. a general kind of something

   "ignore the genus communism"

4. noun. (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in genus:

negus

Common word forms

genu, genuses

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