1 : a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic specifically : a category of biological classification ranking between the family and the species, comprising structurally or phylogenetically (see phylogenetic sense 2) related species or an isolated species exhibiting unusual ...

What is genus and example?

The definition of a genus is a class of items such as a group of animals or plants with similar traits, qualities or features. An example of a genus is all the species of mushrooms that are part of the Amanita family. ... A group of organisms ranking above a species and below a family.

What does the prefix genus mean?

a class or group of individuals, or of species of individuals. a kind; sort; class.