English example sentences with "genus"

The biologist classifies the newly found species in its own genus, whereas other taxonomists want to put it into an established genus.
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In many ways, these fossils are the 'smoking gun' just before the emergence of our own genus.
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The yellow-eyed penguin is the sole extant species in the genus Megadyptes.
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The Sargasso Sea is a vast patch of ocean named for a genus of free-floating seaweed called Sargassum.
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Whortleberry may refer to the berries of several plants of genus Vaccinium.
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Wolves and dogs are animals from the same genus, but different species.
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Elasmosaurs are a genus of plesiosaur that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous.
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Zaila Avant-garde, 14, jumped and twirled with joy upon being declared the winner after nailing the spelling of “murraya,” a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian citrus trees.
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The centipede, dubbed Nannarrup hoffmanni in honor of Dr. Richard Hoffman of the Virginia Museum of Natural History, actually constitutes a new genus.
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The need of the mycologist, mycophagist and amateur toadstool student is a book giving the genus, names and descriptions of the prominent American toadstools whose edibility has been tested, or whose poisonous qualities have been discovered.
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The golden jackal is in the same genus as wolves and coyotes.
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The genus Canis contains wolves, coyotes, and jackals.
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The closest relatives of termites are wood-eating cockroaches of the genus Cryptocercus.
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Bison is a genus from the bovid family.
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Horses and zebras are animals of the same genus, but different species.
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