資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Generic \Ge*ner"ic\, Generical \Ge*ner"ic*al\, a. [L. genus,
   generis, race, kind: cf. F. g['e]n['e]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}.