- plural of genus.
genera
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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However, several bacterial genera were more common in individuals that skipped the hot springs.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026
In the end, the team used data from about 60 percent of all modern genera of plants.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2024
Using this method, the team sequenced part of the nuclear genomes from about 8000 genera of angiosperms—about 60% of all flowering plants on Earth—and compared 353 of their genes.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 23, 2024
Future studies will examine more basal families as well as families whose monophyly is dubious, including more genera into the analysis, to advance the phylogenetic understanding of Dermaptera and, ultimately of Polyneoptera and Insecta.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2024
According to current estimates, within that short interval, North America lost thirty-four out of its forty-seven genera of large mammals.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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