n, pl  gen*era   :  a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic : specif  :  a category of biological classification ranking between the family and the species, comprising structurally or phylogenetically related species or an isolated species exhibiting unusual differentiation, and being designated by a Latin or latinized capitalized singular noun .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  ge·nius 
 
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