Genus

n.	1.	(Logic) 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.	(Biol.) 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. Subaltern genus (Logic) a genus which may be a species of a higher genus, as the genus denoted by quadruped, which is also a species of mammal. Summum genus (Logic) the highest genus; a genus which can not be classed as a species, as being.

Noun	1.	genus - a general kind of something; "ignore the genus communism"
	2.	genus - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

GENUS. It denotes the number of beings, or objects, which agree in certain general properties, common to them all, so that genus is, in fact, only an abstract idea, expressed by some general name or term; or rather a name or term, to signify what is called au abstract idea. Thus, goods is the generic name, and includes, generally, all personal property; but this word may be restrained, particularly in bequests to such goods as are of the same kind as those previously enumerated. Vide 3 Ves. 311 11 Ves. 657; 1 Eq. Cas. Ab. 201, pl. 14; 2 Ves. sen. 278, 280; Dig. 50, 17, 80; Id. 12, 1, 2, 3.

antonomasia, binomial nomenclature, biosystematics, biosystematy, biotype, blood, branch, brand, breed, cast, character, clan, class, classification, color, denomination, description, designation, family, feather, form, genotype, genre, glossology, grain, ilk, kidney, kin, kingdom, label, line, lot, make, manner, mark, mold, nature, nomenclature, number, onomastics, onomatology, order, orismology, persuasion, phylum, place-names, place-naming, polyonymy, section, series, shape, stamp, strain, stripe, style, subclass, subfamily, subgenus, subkingdom, suborder, subspecies, subtribe, superclass, superfamily, superorder, superspecies, systematics, taxonomy, terminology, the like of, the likes of, toponymy, tribe, trinomialism

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