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... family, ___, species (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

genus

I believe this is a double definition.

'family' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'species' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

(Other definitions for genus that I've seen before include "Division of family" , "Latin class?" , "Taxonomic grouping" , "Taxonomic group (biol.)" , "group of organisms" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.
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