genus

noun6

1. •
   A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.

   • All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.
   • Other species of the genus Bos are often called cattle or wild cattle.
2. •
   A taxon at this rank.

   • In most cases, at subsequent mentions of the binomial name you can abbreviate the genus with no danger of confusing the reader.
3. •
   A group with common attributes.

   • Recollection is one of a whole genus of effects which are more or less peculiar to the phenomena that we naturally call "mental." — 1945
4. •
   Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
5. •
   A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
6. •
   A type of tuning or intonation, used within an Ancient Greek tetrachord.