Genus vs. Species

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.

Speciesnoun

Type or kind. race.}}

Speciesnoun

A group of plants or animals having similar appearance.

Speciesnoun

(taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below genus and above subspecies; a taxon at that rank.

Speciesnoun

(mineralogy) A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.

Speciesnoun

An image, an appearance, a spectacle.

Speciesnoun

(obsolete) The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.

Speciesnoun

Visible or perceptible presentation; appearance; something perceived.

Speciesnoun

A public spectacle or exhibition.

Speciesnoun

(Christianity) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated.

Speciesnoun

Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.

Speciesnoun

A component part of compound medicine; a simple.

Speciesnoun

An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; especially, one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.

Species

Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image.

Species

A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species.

Species

In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation.

Species

A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth.

Species

Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.

Species

A public spectacle or exhibition.

Species

A component part of a compound medicine; a simple.

Species

The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure.

Speciesnoun

(biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed

Speciesnoun

a specific kind of something;

Speciesnoun

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g. Homo sapiens.

Speciesnoun

a group subordinate to a genus and containing individuals agreeing in some common attributes and called by a common name.

Speciesnoun

a kind or sort

Speciesnoun

used humorously to refer to people who share a characteristic or occupation

Speciesnoun

a particular kind of atom, molecule, ion, or particle

Speciesnoun

the visible form of each of the elements of consecrated bread and wine in the Eucharist.

Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.