sensu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sensu.

Preposition

sensu

1. (chiefly taxonomy) in the sense of
   • 2001, Peter A. Meylan and H. Bradley Shaffer, “Molecular Evidence for Higher Relationships Among Turtles”, in Tree of Life Web Project‎^[1]:

     The Testudinoidea contains two well supported groups: a restricted Emydidae (sensu Gaffney, 1975), and the currently unnamed group that includes the Bataguridae and Testudinidae for which Shaffer et al. (1997) propose the name Testudinoidae.

   • 2008 October 1, Kim Timmermann, Michael Kuhlmann, “Redefinition of the Southern African Bee Subgenera Patellapis (s. str.), P. (Chaetalictus) and P. (Lomatalictus) (hymenoptera: Halictidae, Genus Patellapis Friese, 1909)”, in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, volume 81, number 4, →DOI, page 355:

     The Halictini includes 23 genera sensu Michener (2000), of which Patellapis Friese is one of the least known genera.

See also

• lato senso
• lato sensu
• latu sensu
• sensu lato
• sensu latu
• sensu strictissimo
• sensu stricto
• sensu strictu
• stricto sensu
• strictu sensu

References

• “sensu”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Corsican

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sensus.

Noun

sensu

1. sense

Japanese

Romanization

sensu

1. Rōmaji transcription of せんす
2. Rōmaji transcription of センス

Latin

Noun

sēnsū

1. ablative singular of sēnsus

Polish

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.su/
• Rhymes: -ɛnsu
• Syllabification: sen‧su

Noun

sensu m

1. genitive singular of sens

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.su/
• Rhymes: -ɛnsu
• Syllabification: sen‧su

Noun

sensu m inan

1. genitive singular of sens