Genus

je'nus, n. a group consisting of a number of species having common marks or chaiactvristics (log a cla of objci ts comptehending several subordinate species —pi Genera, jc-n'er a (L. genus, generis, birth, cog. with Gr. genos - g^gnonuu, obs. gend, Sans jan, to beget, E Geocentric, jc*-o sen'ink, Geocenfcrical, je-o-vn'- tnk-al, adj having the earth for its centre — (astr as sten or measured from the earth adv. Geocentrically [Gr. ge, ihe eaith, and kentron, a centre