congener
Example Sentences
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The giant bulk and terrible teeth of his usual form are the universal attributes of his congener.
From Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India by Frere, M.
The chipper's congener, the field sparrow, is less neighborly than he, but a much better musician.
From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford
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
Yet, while shunned as near neighbours, it appears certain that the vultures perform services of value to their nobler congener.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.
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
