Congener Definition

kŏnjə-nər
congeners
noun
congeners
A person or thing of the same kind, class, race, or genus.
Webster's New World
An organism belonging to the same taxonomic genus as another organism.
American Heritage Medicine
A substance, formed in an alcoholic beverage during fermentation or distillation, that gives the beverage its characteristic flavor, color, etc.
Webster's New World
A compound produced in the same process that produces another, often structurally similar compound.
American Heritage Medicine
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Other Word Forms of Congener

Noun

Singular:
congener
Plural:
congeners

Origin of Congener

  • From Latin of the same race com- com- genus gener- race genə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Congener Sentence Examples

  • The wild boar (shishi or si-no-shishi) does not differ appreciably from its European congener.

  • In habits it is very similar to its congener of the Old World, and in winter it migrates to the Antilles and to Central and South America.

  • But the uterine gills soon wither and are shed, and are replaced by other gills differing in no respect from those of its congener.

  • This is the case of the bullfinch of the more western of these islands (Pyrrhula murina), the male of which, instead of the ruddy breast of its well-known congener (P. vulgaris), has that part of a sober mouse-colour.

  • Like its Cape congener it occasionally partakes of honey, and is often destructive to poultry.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

RERNER

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