Form Genus

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an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships especially fossil forms

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Wordset Dictionary

(biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

synonym: form family
possessive: Form Genus's
pluralpossessive: Form Genuses'

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