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con·ge·ner (kän′jə nər)

noun

a person or thing of the same kind, class, race, or genus

Etymology: L, of the same race or kind < com-, together + genus (gen. generis), race, genus

Related Forms:

  • congeneric con′·ge·ner′ic (-jə ner′ik) adjective or congenerous con·gen′·er·ous (kən jen′ər əs)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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