Genus vs. Kittiwake

Genusnoun

(taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank

Genusnoun

A group with common attributes.

Genusnoun

A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.

Genusnoun

(semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.

Genusnoun

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.

Genusnoun

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.

Genusnoun

a general kind of something;

Genusnoun

(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

Genusnoun

a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name, e.g. Leo.

Genusnoun

(in philosophical and general use) a class of things that have common characteristics and that can be divided into subordinate kinds.

Genus

Genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family.

Kittiwakenoun

Either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae that nest in colonies on sea cliffs and spend the winter on the open ocean.

Kittiwakenoun

A northern gull (Rissa tridactyla), inhabiting the coasts of Europe and America. It is white, with black tips to the wings, and has only three toes.

Kittiwakenoun

small pearl-gray gull of northern regions; nests on cliffs and has a rudimentary hind toe

Kittiwake

The kittiwakes (genus Rissa) are two closely related seabird species in the gull family Laridae, the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) and the red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris). The epithets and are used to distinguish the two species in North America, but in Europe, where Rissa brevirostris is not found, the black-legged kittiwake is often known simply as kittiwake, or more colloquially in some areas as tickleass or tickleace.