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Genus vs Frigatebird - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between genus and frigatebird

is that genus is while frigatebird is any of five species of bird in the genus fregata , the only genus in the family fregatidae.

genus

English

Noun

(genera)
  • (biology, taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank
    • All magnolias belong to the genus ''Magnolia .
    Other species of the genus ''Bos'' are often called cattle or wild cattle.
    There are only two genera and species of seadragons .
  • *
    • Müller criticized the division of the "Jubuleae" into two families and he cited Jubula as an annectant genus .
  • A group with common attributes.
  • *1945 , (Bertrand Russell), A History of Western Philosophy , p. 655:
  • *:Recollection is one of a whole genus of effects which are more or less peculiar to the phenomena that we naturally call "mental."
  • (topology) A number measuring some aspect of the complexity of any of various manifolds or graphs
  • (semantics) Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * summum genus

    Related terms

    * general * generic * generate * generation * gender * genocide * genre * infrageneric

    See also

    * generic name * class * division * kingdom * order * phylum * species * (semantics) differentia

    External links

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    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    frigatebird

    English

    (wikipedia frigatebird)

    Alternative forms

    * frigate bird

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of five species of bird in the genus Fregata , the only genus in the family Fregatidae.
  • * 1987 , J. P. Croxall, Seabirds: Feeding Ecology and Role in Marine Ecosystems , page 58,
    • Unlike most seabirds, frigatebirds are not able to alight on the water.
  • * 2011 , Penny Olsen, Leo Joseph, Stray Feathers: Reflections on the Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Birds , page 176,
    • The oceanic frigatebirds' are represented in Australia by three species: the Great and Lesser '''Frigatebirds''' and endemic Christmas Island ' Frigatebird (pictured).
  • * 2011 , David Horwell, Pete Oxford, Galápagos Wildlife , 3rd Edition, page 64,
    • Often called man o' war birds, they are notorious as piratical cleptomaniacs that steal food from other birds at every opportunity. This reputation is justified, but frigatebirds are also capable of an 'honest' living.
    It would seem that a frigatebird' can discriminate between a bird with a full gullet and one which is empty. An unlucky booby or tropicbird may be plucked out of the air, dangled by the tail-tip and shaken until it regurgitates its food, which the ' frigatebird then makes off with.

    Hyponyms

    * (bird of family Fregatidae) (magnificent frigatebird):

    Derived terms

    * (Fregata aquila ) * (Fregata andrewsi ) * (= Christmas frigatebird) * magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens ) * (Fregata minor ) * (Fregata ariel )