congener

American  

[kon-juh-ner] / ˈkɒn dʒə nər /

noun

congeners plural

1. a person or thing of the same kind or class as another.

2. a plant, animal, fungus, etc., belonging to the same genus as another.

3. Also a secondary product formed in alcohol during fermentation that determines largely the character of the final liquor.

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congener British  

/ ˈkɒndʒɪnə, kənˈdʒiːnə /

noun

1. a member of a class, group, or other category, esp any animal of a specified genus

2. a by-product formed in alcoholic drinks during the fermentation process, which largely determines the flavour and colour of the drink

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• congeners
  plural

Etymology

Origin of congener

1720–30; < Latin, equivalent to con- con- + gener- (stem of genus ); see genus, general

Example Sentences

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congener congeners

The great wolf is also found there, and his lesser and more cowardly congener, the coyote; but no more bears—grizzly or other—nor sign of them.

From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

The Guelder Rose does not grow so tall as its congener, twelve feet being about the extreme height to which it attains in a wild state, and ordinarily it is several feet less.

From Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva by Step, Edward

It is of a darker blue colour, but spotted like its congener, each feather having from four to six spots upon it.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne

The legs of the bontebok are white from the knee down, while those of his congener are only white on the insides—the outsides being brown.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne

Ye fulsome diving dados, would ye were Extinct as your vocabular congener!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, November 18, 1893 by Various

This dual capacity distinguishes us from other species which, to learn a new task, need numerous trials accompanied by positive or negative reinforcement signals, without being able to communicate it to their congeners.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024

One of these fractions is called the “hearts,” containing mostly ethanol and water, but also small amounts of congeners, which play a big role in the final flavor of the product.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023

The type of still will influence the beverages' final flavor, because pot stills often do not separate the congeners as precisely as column stills do.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023

Whatever you think you’ve read about congeners and sulphites and wine before beer, it’s all twaddle.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2017

The novel phenomena of galvanism and its congeners suggested vast possibilities in the range of the physical powers, especially of the physical powers of the human psyche as a natural agent.

From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich