Definition of generic

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Generic (a.) Alt. of Generica.

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Cephaloptera :: Cephaloptera (n.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton..
Generic :: Generic (a.) Alt. of Generica.
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..
Argive :: Argive (n.) A native of Argos. Often used as a generic term, equivalent to Grecian or Greek..
Congenious :: Congenious (a.) Congeneric.
Sinapis :: Sinapis (n.) A disused generic name for mustard; -- now called Brassica.
Detriment :: Detriment (n.) That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc..
Generical :: Generical (a.) Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to specific.
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..
Kind :: Kind (a.) Race; genus; species; generic class; as, in mankind or humankind..
Congeneric :: Congeneric (a.) Alt. of Congenerica.
Genericalness :: Genericalness (n.) The quality of being generic.
Congenerous :: Congenerous (a.) Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases..
Congenerical :: Congenerical (a.) Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action..
Divide :: Divide (v. t.) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term.
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..
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..
Leptus :: Leptus (n.) The six-legged young, or larva, of certain mites; -- sometimes used as a generic name. See Harvest mite, under Harvest..
Entasia :: Entasia (n.) Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc..
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