congeneric

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Isotypical: a genus described from more than one species, all of which are congeneric.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Two genera of pocket gophers should be congeneric.

From An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico by Bernardo Villa R.

Suffice it to say, that he frankly accepts the inferences derived from the whole course of observation, and contemplates a probable historical connection between congeneric species.

From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Gray, Asa

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

As a matter of fact Chicken-pox is of congeneric origin with small-pox, with which, in a very much milder degree, it has various features in common.

From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Dechmann, Louis