Both Uses of
genus
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- A few moments later saw our two noctambules safely seated in a discreet corner only to be greeted by stares from the decidedly miscellaneous collection of waifs and strays and other nondescript specimens of the genus homo already there engaged in eating and drinking diversified by conversation for whom they seemingly formed an object of marked curiosity.†
Chpt 16genus = a related group of animal or plant species
- Besides, though taste latterly had deteriorated to a degree, original music like that, different from the conventional rut, would rapidly have a great vogue as it would be a decided novelty for Dublin's musical world after the usual hackneyed run of catchy tenor solos foisted on a confiding public by Ivan St Austell and Hilton St Just and their genus omne.†
Chpt 16 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(genus as in: genus of plant) a related group of animal or plant species
(as living organisms are classified, a genus can have many species but belongs to a single family)A genus is a descriptive Latin word that is always capitalized. -
(2)
(genus as in: genus of problem) a group of things that have something in common and is further divided into subgroups
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)