congenerous
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How diversified are the modes of life, not only of incongruous, but even of congenerous animals; and yet their specific distinctions are not more various than their propensities.
From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 by Henry Morley
See much more learned disquisition on the origin of these evidently congenerous words under the term Arage, in Jamieson.
From Notes and Queries, Number 24, April 13, 1850 by Various
In the S.E. portion of the island, where the highest land is situated, well characterised trachyte, and other congenerous rocks of that varying family, occur.
From Volcanic Islands by Charles Darwin
If I admire when I see how much congenerous birds love to congregate, I am the more struck when I see incongruous ones in such strict amity.
From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Henry Morley
If I admire when I see how much congenerous birds love to congregate, I am the more struck when I see incongruous ones in such strict amity.
From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White
