congeneric

American  

[kon-juh-ner-ik] / ˌkɒn dʒəˈnɛr ɪk /

adjective

1. Also congenerous of the same kind or genus.

2. offering a group of closely related services.

   a congeneric investment company.

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noun

1. congener.

2. a congeneric company, service, or the like.

congeneric British  

/ ˌkɒndʒɪˈnɛrɪk, kɒnˈdʒɛnərəs /

adjective

1. belonging to the same group, esp (of animals or plants) belonging to the same genus

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Etymology

Origin of congeneric

1825–35; congener + -ic; see generic

Example Sentences

Isotypical: a genus described from more than one species, all of which are congeneric.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

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.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

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 Hume, Allan Octavian

What it is we already have seen: a material reality, and as such divisible into parts, placed in the world in the midst of a congeneric multitude.

From The Reform of Education by Gentile, Giovanni

He had allowed some years to pass since Davy's brilliant discovery of potassium and its congeneric metals, without a word about them in his lectures.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Related Words

• alike
• comparable
• related