| Main Entry: | genus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | type |
Synonyms: |
brand, breed, category, class, compartment, department, division, genre, group, kind, make, model, section, sort, style, subdivision, subfamily, variety |
| Notes: | species is a subgroup of genus and you capitalize a genus, but not a species (which is properly pronounced SPEE-sheez) |