(congener)

  • 11congener — noun a) A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another. b) A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another. Syn: cogener See Also: congeneric …

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  • 12congener — 1. One of two or more things of the same kind, as of animal or plant with respect to classification. 2. One of two or more muscles with the same function. [L. con , with, + genus, race] * * * con·ge·ner kän jə nər, kən jē also co·ge·ner kō .jē… …

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  • 13congener — Conglobate (Order Isopoda): Able to roll up into a ball, as in some sphaeromatid and oniscidean isopods [Kensley and Schotte, 1989] …

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  • 14congener — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Something closely resembling or analogous to something else: analogue, correlate, correlative, correspondent, counterpart, match, parallel. See SAME …

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  • 15congener — con·ge·ner || kÉ’ndʒɪnÉ™ n. person or thing which belongs to the same class or kind as another …

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  • 16congener — [ kɒndʒɪnə, kən dʒi:nə] noun 1》 a person or thing of the same kind as another.     ↘an animal or plant of the same genus as another. 2》 a minor chemical constituent, especially one giving a distinctive character to a wine or spirit. Derivatives… …

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  • 17congener — n. Kindred, allied or cognate species, or objects …

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  • 18congener — con·ge·ner …

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  • 19congener — con•ge•ner [[t]ˈkɒn dʒə nər[/t]] n. 1) a person or thing of the same kind or class as another 2) bio tax an organism that belongs to the same genus as another 3) vin a secondary product formed in alcohol during fermentation that largely… …

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  • 20congener — /ˈkɒndʒənə/ (say konjuhnuh), /kənˈdʒinə/ (say kuhn jeenuh) noun 1. one of the same kind or class. 2. a fellow member of a genus, as of plants or animals. Also, cogener. {Latin: of the same kind} …