genera

American  

[jen-er-uh] / ˈdʒɛn ər ə /

noun

1. a plural of genus.

---

genera British  

/ ˈdʒɛnərə /

noun

1. a plural of genus

---

Example Sentences

The researchers discovered that "genera including Pseudomonas, Rhodococcus and Corynebacterium that possess genes associated with polystyrene degradation."

From Salon

In their revised preprint, which they posted on 29 March on the server ChinaXiv, they note that “environmental samples showed the abundance of different vertebrata genera.”

From Science Magazine

Robust populations of just nine species, such as sea otters or gray wolves, or genera, including whales, could lead to the capture of 6.41 gigatons of CO₂ annually, the researchers found.

From Salon

They discovered evidence of more than 100 plant genera, nine animal taxa including the extinct elephant-like mastodon, and even marine life within the same region.

From Washington Post

H. erectus—the likely ancestor to the lineage that led to our own species, H. sapiens—would have peered across its territory and seen two other bipeds from two different genera, Australopithecus and Paranthropus.

From Scientific American