Character and Genus

Character

Character noun - A written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader.

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Genus and character are semantically related in society topic. In some cases you can use "Genus" instead a noun "Character".

Genus noun - One of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic.

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Character and genus are semantically related in society topic. Sometimes you can use "Character" instead a noun "Genus".

similar	similar character	similar genus
specific	specific character	specific genus
separate	separate character	separate genus
single	single character	single genus
Other adjectives: actual, entire, new, different, eponymous, unnamed.

X-Rated Xerusnote "Xerus" is a genus of ground squirrel, but there was already an "S" character.

Source: Alliterative Name / Literature
Among many meaningful character names, Katniss is a plant in the genus Sagittaria ("archer") which is a close relative of the arrowhead plant.

Source: Meaningful Name / Literature
If the character is already familiar with the species or genus, this makes sense, but since the Latin name only gives genus and species, and since even a person who knows Latin generally can't determine anything about an organism without context, it sticks out as serious research failure.

Source: Improbable Taxonomy Skills

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