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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[L.

genus

generis

, race, kind: cf. F.

générique

. See

(Biol.)

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.

[wns=1]

Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or their characteristics; – opposed to

specific

[wns=3]

generical