Word Meaning

Meaning of "genus" and the crossword clue

- A class
- A species
- Class
- Class of animals
- Class of objects
- Heath; girl's name
- I abandoned genius to make a group of plants
- I left genius to get to class
- Plant grouping
- Taxonomic group
- The knee.
- The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain.
- 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.
- 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.