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 two judgments, that of a man upon himself from within, and that of his beholder upon him from without, are not congeneric.
From The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 by MacDonald, George
We have evidence that these ancient animals possessed the same senses as their congeneric races now on the globe.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward
He arrives at this conclusion from a geographical survey of what he would call the "whole field of distribution," and "the probable historical connection between these congeneric species."
From Life: Its True Genesis by Wright, R. W.
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 Coleridge, Henry Nelson
This marked difference of habit between congeneric species so closely allied as the two Bustards is very curious.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.
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