GENUS as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a general kind of something
    Usage Example(s)
    • ignore the genus communism
    Hypernyms(s) genus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
    Hypernyms(s) genus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)