Exist genuses?

[Richard Jensen]

On Sun, 14 Nov 1999 MAGarland at AOL.COM wrote:

> >From "The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary":  Genus, n. Pl. genera,
> genuses.
>
> So I guess "genuses" has been used at some time, but I've never seen it.
> Sounds awful!  What next, "specieses"?
>
Students often think that specie is the singular of species, an error
quite often made by politicians discussing the endangered species act and
related matters.  I tell my students to remember that specie refers to
currency (coins) and that anytime they hear a politician talking about the
endangered specie, it's our money that's in trouble!

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