"summum genus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: summa genera [plural]
Etymology: From Latin. Literally “highest genus”. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-noun|summa genera}} summum genus (plural summa genera)
  1. (logic, semantics) The highest, most all-inclusive genus; the one that is not a species of any other genus. Categories (topical): Logic, Semantics

Inflected forms

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