congener

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The great wolf is also found there, and his lesser and more cowardly congener, the coyote; but no more bears—grizzly or other—nor sign of them.

From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

It is of a darker blue colour, but spotted like its congener, each feather having from four to six spots upon it.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne

But there are some very curious points in the history of the “edolio,” which it does not share with its European congener.

From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne

The Guelder Rose does not grow so tall as its congener, twelve feet being about the extreme height to which it attains in a wild state, and ordinarily it is several feet less.

From Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva by Step, Edward

Are the bears of South America?—the sloth bear of India and Ceylon?—the bruang of Borneo?—and his near congener, the bruang of Java and Sumatra?

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist