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A general grouping of organisms sharing more common traits than those of a family, and which is the first part of the scientific name. The first letter of the name of the genus is always capitalized. Plural: genera
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(plural genera) A group of closely related species. The name of the genus is incorporated into scientific names of all the member species. The scientific name of stag beetles is Lucanus cervus. Lucanus is the genus and cervus is the species.
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(pl. genera) A natural grouping of closely related species.
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A group of closely related species, such as the genus rosaceae, encompassing the roses.
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A numerical integer invariant of an algebraic curve. As applied to a topological object such as 2-dimensional manifold, it can be interpreted as the number of "handles" the object has. Eg a sphere has genus 0, while a torus (donut shape) has genus 1. There are various other definitions, such as the dimension of the space of differential (1-)forms.
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