{ Ge*ner"ic (?), Ge*ner"ic*al (?), } a. [L. genus, generis, race, kind: cf. F. générique. 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.

• variant of generic