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English Dictionary: 'generic' by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Generic \Ge*ner"ic\, Generical \Ge*ner"ic*al\, a. [L. genus,
      generis, race, kind: cf. F. g[82]n[82]rique. See {Gender}.]
      1. (Biol.) Pertaining to a genus or kind; relating to a
            genus, as distinct from a species, or from another genus;
            as, a generic description; a generic difference; a generic
            name.
  
      2. Very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large
            classes or their characteristics; -- opposed to
            {specific}.
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