(n)(biology) genus from which the name of a family or subfamily is formed; it is not necessarily the most representative genus but often the largest or best known or earliest described
[クロハギぞく, kurohagi zoku](n) Acanthurus (type genus of surgeonfishes and tangs in the family Acanthuridae which have a pair of sharp spines on either side of the base of the tail)[Add to Longdo]