Congener

//ˈkɒnd͡ʒɪnə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.
  2. 2
    a whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another wordnet
  3. 3
    A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another.

    "Not that we may thereby swamp the thing in the wholesale condemnation which we pass on its inferior congeners, but rather that we may by contrast ascertain the more precisely in what its merits consist, by learning at the same time to what particular dangers of corruption it may also be exposed."

  4. 4
    an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of a group of structurally related compounds.
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  1. 6
    a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character wordnet
  2. 7
    Any of several alcohols, other than ethanol, that are found in fermented and distilled alcoholic drinks, and are partially responsible for their flavour and character.

Etymology

From French congénère, from Latin com- (“same”) + genus (“kind”).

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