All 4 Uses of
genus
in
Oryx and Crake
- Then you'd narrow it down, Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species, then the habitat and when last seen, and what had snuffed it.
p. 80.9genus = a related group of animal or plant species
- Phylum Chordata, Class Vertebrata, Order Mammalia, Family Primates, Genus Homo, Species sapiens sapiens, subspecies your mother.
p. 182.4
- There were arthropods in the bedrooms, families and genera various, but half of them were cockroaches.
p. 186.2 *genera = groups of animal or plant species
- Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
p. 344.1genus = a related group of animal or plant species
Definition:
a group of related species in biological classification — or more generally, any category of similar things
In biology, genus ranks above species and below family. It is a descriptive Latin word that is always capitalized.