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GENUS

a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic

The meaning of the word genus is a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic.

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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
complementaryserving to fill out or complete
impoliticnot politic : unwise
conclusiveof, relating to, or being a conclusion
grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
melancholydepression of spirits : dejection
pendantsomething suspended: such as
cowthe mature female of cattle (genus Bos)
rectitudethe quality or state of being straight
resonantcontinuing to sound : echoing