GENUS

(Lat.) In Zoology, that distinct but sub- ^ ordinate i^roup of animals which gives its name as a prefix to that of all the species of which it is composed. Genus. In Logic, one of the predicables, which is considered as the material part of the species of which it is affirmed. See Logic, Predicable. Genus. In Music, the general name for any scale of music. If a scale proceed by tones, it is called the diatonic genus; if between the tones semitones are introduced, it is called the chromatic genus. When the subdivisions are smaller, as quarter tones, it is called the enharmonic genus. [s. 503]