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Meanings of generic word in English

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        Usage of generic word in English
        1
        Botox is a trade mark and is not a generic word.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Each of them is represented by a generic word.
        The Century Vocabulary Builder
        3
        A generic word, in explaining which the Indians hold up both hands to denote perpendicular walls.
        Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest
        4
        This is the generic word for 'fall.'
        Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest
        5
        The Egyptians themselves had no generic word for sphinxes, each one (and there were hundreds of them) having a name of its own.
        The folklore of discworld
        6
        Which of the following generic words has not yet been trademarked by Apple?
        Reuters
        7
        The smart way to use Twitter is to search for more generic words or phrases, he said.
        Reuters
        8
        'Shame' was the generic word which now summarised to herself her thought of her conduct in proposing to Leonard.
        The Man
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