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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

type′ ge′nus, [Biol.]

Biologythe genus that is formally held to be typical of the family or other higher group to which it belongs.

1830–40

'type genus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

aroid - bromeliad - holothurian - planarian - pongid - type - asclepiadaceous - chytrid - clupeid - cornaceous - elaterid - estrildid - fabaceous - fagaceous - fumariaceous - hydrophyllaceous - juglandaceous - juncaceous - lampyrid - leporid - loliginid - lycosid - lygaeid - lythraceous - meloid - menthaceous - moraceous - mysid - nymphaeaceous - onagraceous - ophiuroid - pagurian - phasmid - piperaceous - poaceous - polygonaceous - pyracantha - pyralid - reduviid - rutaceous - tenebrionid - TG - urticaceous - vinca - zygophyllaceous - salicaceous - sapindaceous - sphingid - strongyle

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