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  2. Genus - Wikipedia

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    The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks.A family contains one or more genera. Intermediate minor rankings are not shown. Genus (/ ˈ dʒ iː n ə s /; pl.: genera / ˈ dʒ ɛ n ər ə /) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. [1]

  3. Taxonomic rank - Wikipedia

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    The basic ranks are species and genus. When an organism is given a species name it is assigned to a genus, and the genus name is part of the species name. The species name is also called a binomial, that is, a two-term name. For example, the zoological name for the human species is Homo sapiens. This is usually italicized in print or underlined ...

  4. Taxonomy (biology) - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] For example, definition 6 is paired with the following definition of systematics that places nomenclature outside taxonomy: [6] Systematics : "The study of the identification, taxonomy, and nomenclature of organisms, including the classification of living things with regard to their natural relationships and the study of variation and ...

  5. Order (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Order (Latin: ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized by the nomenclature codes.

  6. Taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Pragmatic classification (and functional [39] and teleological classification) is the classification of items which emphasis the goals, purposes, consequences, [40] interests, values and politics of classification. It is, for example, classifying animals into wild animals, pests, domesticated animals and pets.

  7. Family (biology) - Wikipedia

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    The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks. An order contains one or more families. Intermediate minor rankings are not shown. Family (Latin: familia, pl.: familiae) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between order and genus. [1]

  8. Bacterial taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Bacterial taxonomy is the classification of strains within the domain Bacteria into hierarchies of similarity. This classification is similar to that of plants, mammals, and other taxonomies. However, biologists specializing in different areas have developed differing taxonomic conventions over time.

  9. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic ...

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    Examples Search for titles containing the word or using the prefix: pachy-G παχύς (pakhús) thick, stout: Pachycephalosaurus: palaemon: G Παλαίμων (Palaímōn) Palaemon, a sea god whose name means "wrestler" Palaemon, crustacean genus; chequered skipper, Carterocephalus palaemon Palaemonias, Palaemonella and Palaemonetes, shrimp ...