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Species :: Species (n.) A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species..

Divide :: Divide (v. t.) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term.

Genericalness :: Genericalness (n.) The quality of being generic.

Argive :: Argive (n.) A native of Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek..

Detriment :: Detriment (n.) That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc..

Leptus :: Leptus (n.) The six-legged young, or larva, of certain mites; -- sometimes used as a generic name. See Harvest mite, under Harvest..

Kind :: Kind (a.) Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind..

Generic :: Generic (a.) Alt. of Generica.

Congenerous :: Congenerous (a.) Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases..

Rum :: Rum (n.) A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor..

Sinapis :: Sinapis (n.) A disused generic name for mustard; -- now called Brassica.

Univocal :: Univocal (n.) A generic term, or a term applicable in the same sense to all the species it embraces..

Generical :: Generical (a.) Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to specific.

Congenious :: Congenious (a.) Congeneric.

Process :: Process (n.) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial..

Generical :: Generical (a.) Pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to a genus, as distinct from a species, or from another genus; as, a generic description; a generic difference; a generic name..

Dispensation :: Dispensation (n.) The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration..

Generically :: Generically (adv.) With regard to a genus, or an extensive class; as, an animal generically distinct from another, or two animals or plants generically allied..

Entasia :: Entasia (n.) Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc..

Congenerical :: Congenerical (a.) Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action..

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