congeneric

[ kon-juh-ner-ik ]

adjective

1. Also con·gen·er·ous [] of the same kind or genus.
2. offering a group of closely related services:

   a congeneric investment company.

noun

1. congener ( def 3 ).
2. a congeneric company, service, or the like.

congeneric

/ ˌkɒndʒɪˈnɛrɪk; kɒnˈdʒɛnərəs /

adjective

1. belonging to the same group, esp (of animals or plants) belonging to the same genus

Word History and Origins

Origin of congeneric¹

1825–35; congener + -ic; generic

Example Sentences

This marked difference of habit between congeneric species so closely allied as the two Bustards is very curious.

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What it is we already have seen: a material reality, and as such divisible into parts, placed in the world in the midst of a congeneric multitude.

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We have evidence that these ancient animals possessed the same senses as their congeneric races now on the globe.

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The point to be made here is simply this: If the species in question are to be considered congeneric then it might reasonably be expected that they would display some similarity in nidification and egg-laying.

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He had allowed some years to pass since Davy's brilliant discovery of potassium and its congeneric metals, without a word about them in his lectures.

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