Exist genuses?

[Panza, Robin]

>So I guess "genuses" has been used at some time, but I've never seen it.
>Sounds awful!  What next, "specieses"?
>
>Mark Garland
>Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Nah!  Species is already plural.  The singular is "specie".  I hear that all
the time (generally by the same people who say "nucular").

Robin

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