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How to pronounce “genus

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Pronunciation guide for genus

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of genus with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Are We Still Human If Robots Help Raise Our Babies?in the line leading to the genus Homo,
Definition summary
(biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.

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How to pronounce genus

Are We Still Human If Robots Help Raise Our Babies?

in the line leading to the genus Homo,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “genus

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.
  • A group with common attributes.
  • (topology, graph theory, algebraic geometry) A natural number representing any of several related measures of the complexity of a given manifold or graph.
  • (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
  • (music) A type of tuning or intonation, used within an Ancient Greek tetrachord.

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