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TYPE GENUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed; it is not necessarily the most representative genus but often the largest or best known or earliest described
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("type genus" is a kind of...):
genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
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