Table and column naming conventions when plural and singular forms are odd or the same

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In my search I found mostly arguments for whether to use plurality in database naming conventions, and ways to handle it in either case. I have decided I prefer plural table names, so I don't want to argue that.

I need to represent an animal's species and genus and so on in a database. The plural and singular form for 'species' are the same, and the plural of 'genus' is 'genera'.

I think I can get by with: Table: Genera | Column: Genus

But I'm unsure how I should handle: Table: Species | Column: Species

If I really wanted to be lazy about this I'd just name them 'species > specie' and 'genuses > genus', but I would prefer to read them in their correct forms.

Any advice would be appreciated.

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