congeneric
Americanadjective
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Also congenerous of the same kind or genus.
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offering a group of closely related services.
a congeneric investment company.
noun
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a congeneric company, service, or the like.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of congeneric
Example Sentences
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The seats, however, of barbarous hordes, in a waste and almost desert country, are seldom stationary for any continuance; and the Ballogees and Sewees are probably congeneric tribes, much intermixed, and having no fixed boundaries.
There is no reason why these two birds should be considered congeneric, except a general similarity in colour and habits.
From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Allan Octavian Hume
The point to be made here is simply this: If the species in question are to be considered congeneric then it might reasonably be expected that they would display some similarity in nidification and egg-laying.
From Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves by Robert L. Merz
Isotypical: a genus described from more than one species, all of which are congeneric.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
How came it that Taylor did not apply the same process to the congeneric question of the freedom of the will?
From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge
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