congener
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They require to be so: since an encounter with a full-grown jaguar is but little less dangerous than with his striped congener of the Indian jungles.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist
Like his brown congener of Europe he has a sweet tooth, and is greatly given to honey.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist
Other species of Lycoperdon have been eaten when young, and we have been assured by those who have made the experiment, that they are scarcely inferior to their larger congener.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
It is also of a gentler disposition than its congener, smaller in size, and never preys upon other animals.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist
The Bornean bear is also the smallest of the family—in size, being even less than his near congener, the Malayan bear; though resembling the latter in many particulars.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
