Hypertext Webster Gateway: "congener"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Congener \Con"ge*ner\ (?; 277), n. [From L. congener. See
{Congenerous}.]
A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied
in nature, character, or action.
The cherry tree has been often grafted on the laurel,
to which it is a congener. --P. Miller.
Our elk is more polygamous in his habits than any other
deer except his congener, the red deer of Europe.
--Caton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
congener
n : an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as
related by common descent or by membership in the same
genus) [syn: {relative}, {congenator}]
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