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genus n.[生物学]属；<口>类；种；型 (1) 黄水仙是水仙属植物。(2) 狗、狼和土狼是同属。(3) 那个属种的植物衍生出三个变种。 This is a term used by biologists to classify more than one species under a larger umbrella. In biology, the word family describes the broadest group category, then genus, and then species. For example, primates are a family, and humans are a species within that family, but we're not in the same genus as macaques: macaques have their own genus. Dogs and wolves are so closely related they’re in the same genus. The plural of genus is genera.

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英 ['dʒiːnəs] 美 ['dʒiːnəs] (1) The daffodil belongs to the genus Narcissus.(2) Dogs, wolves, and coyotes belong to the same genus.(3) That genus of plants differentiates into three species. A genus is a class or group of something. In biology, it's a taxonomic group covering more than one species. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指动植物的）属 A genus is a class of similar things, especially a group of animals or plants that includes several closely related species.   [TECHNICAL 术语]

英语单词	genus
英美音标	英 ['dʒiːnəs] 美 ['dʒiːnəs]
中文释义	n.[生物学]属；<口>类；种；型
英语例句	(1) The daffodil belongs to the genus Narcissus. (2) Dogs, wolves, and coyotes belong to the same genus. (3) That genus of plants differentiates into three species.
中文例句	(1) 黄水仙是水仙属植物。 (2) 狗、狼和土狼是同属。 (3) 那个属种的植物衍生出三个变种。
vocabulary简明	A genus is a class or group of something. In biology, it's a taxonomic group covering more than one species.
vocabulary扩展	This is a term used by biologists to classify more than one species under a larger umbrella. In biology, the word family describes the broadest group category, then genus, and then species. For example, primates are a family, and humans are a species within that family, but we're not in the same genus as macaques: macaques have their own genus. Dogs and wolves are so closely related they’re in the same genus. The plural of genus is genera.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指动植物的）属 A genus is a class of similar things, especially a group of animals or plants that includes several closely related species. [TECHNICAL 术语]

Genus Species Group Plants Class Biology Family Closely