Genus and Lineage

Genus

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

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Lineage and genus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lineage" instead a noun "Genus".

Lineage noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.

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Genus and lineage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Genus" instead a noun "Lineage".

Nearby Word: line

proper	proper genus	proper lineage
entire	entire genus	entire lineage
primitive	primitive genus	primitive lineage
ancient	ancient genus	ancient lineage
Other adjectives: well-known, different, surviving, unnamed, shorter.

Homo sapiens sapiens (us humans) is the last species of the Homo genus, and the last of an entire lineage of bipedal apes who once lived in abundance across the old world.

Source: Last of His Kind

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