genus
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Verna Genus was sheltering from the storm at her four bedroom home in the village of Carlisle, St Elizabeth, when the hurricane ripped the zinc roof off her house.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025
Genus is the first word of the trinomial name and a subdivision of a larger plant family; some have only a single kind of plant, such as Ginkgo, while others, like Rosa, contain hundreds.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2023
It became a long jam with aggressive rhythms from bassist James Genus and drummer Justin Tyson.
From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2022
Genus B contains different species of birds with a wide variety of genetic traits.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Genus Homo’s position in the food chain was, until quite recently, solidly in the middle.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing genus
"The Origin of Species by Natural Selection" by Charles Darwin: Essential Words
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We the People: Gen
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The ACT Science Test: Biology Review 1
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