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gen·er·a

 (jĕn′ər-ə)
n.
Plural of genus.
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genera

(ˈdʒɛnərə)
n
1. (Biology) a plural of genus
2. (Logic) a plural of genus
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ge•nus

(ˈdʒi nəs)

n., pl. gen•e•ra (ˈdʒɛn ər ə)
ge•nus•es.
1. the usual major subdivision of a biological family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usu. consisting of more than one species.
2. Logic. a class or group of individuals, or of species of individuals.
3. a kind; sort; class.
[1545–55; < Latin: race, stock, kind, gender, c. Greek génos]
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genera

[ˈdʒɛnərə] nplgenres mpl
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If genera are different and co-ordinate, their differentiae are themselves different in kind.
Gay [2] has stated that he found in the neighbourhood of Rio, shells of the marine genera solen and mytilus, and fresh water ampullariae, living together in brackish water.
How do those groups of species, which constitute what are called distinct genera, and which differ from each other more than do the species of the same genus, arise?
As species of the same genus have usually, though by no means invariably, some similarity in habits and constitution, and always in structure, the struggle will generally be more severe between species of the same genus, when they come into competition with each other, than between species of distinct genera. We see this in the recent extension over parts of the United States of one species of swallow having caused the decrease of another species.
The middle part is characterized by shallow shelfal waters with moderate circulation and genera which indicate an open lagoon, lagoonal channel and subtidal environments.
Creating three (new) genera (the Atlantic clade of Crassostrea, Magallana, and Talonostrea) is not the preferred solution to this problem of paraphyly.
There are a number of orchid genera, Aporodes, Aporum, and Oxystophyllum, in which the plants are most unlike those of typical orchids, because of the flattened stems and triangular to acutely pointed, laterally flattened leaves.
Microbial analysis of Indian flying fox, Pteropus giganteus ejecta roosting at Jinnah and Lalazar Gardens, Lahore was carried out from January, through December, 2011 and a total of twelve fungal and twelve bacterial genera were isolated.
Originally, the vernacular tenu "bunyavirus" was used for viruses in this genus, but as more genera were added to Bunyaviridae (there are currently 5), confusion arose over whether "bunyavirus" referred to members of the genus Bunyavirus or family Bunyaviridae.
The family of freshwater fish Callanthiidae contains two genera, say Anderson, Johnson, and Baldwin: the genus Callanathias with seven species and the genus Grammatonotus with six nominal species.
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