form genus
nounBiology.
an artificial taxonomic category including species, especially of fossil forms, grouped together on the basis of morphological resemblance.
Origin of form genus
1First recorded in 1870–75
Words Nearby form genus
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
British Dictionary definitions for form genus
form genus
noun
a group of species (form species) that have similar structural characteristics but are not closely related
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse