Exist genuses?

[Thomas Schlemmermeyer]

Could anyone help me on the origins and the original meaning of the English
word "gender" ?

I read some strange things about it in this book "Unweaving the rainbow" by
Richard Dawkins.

And perhaps "genus" is somehow related to "gender"?

   Thomas

On (         Mon, 15 Nov 1999 08:57:31 -0500),         Richard Jensen
<rjensen at SAINTMARYS.EDU> wrote:


>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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