congener

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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)

Ye fulsome diving dados, would ye were Extinct as your vocabular congener!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, November 18, 1893 by Various

Although published information on T. ornata is scant, a considerable amount of information is available concerning its congener, T. carolina.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.

The latter may be taken as an illustrative example of his class, and his ways are identical with those of his ancient sacred congener and present inhabitant of Egypt.

From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)

Its bill, also, is smaller and less powerful than that of its congener.

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