congener
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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 Mayne Reid
The alpine chough is somewhat smaller than its congener, and is easily distinguished by its shorter and bright yellow bill.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
Its habits, too, are much the same, so that little can be said of it which does not equally apply to its congener.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns
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 Edward Step
The frond of Sphenopteris bifida was of a more simple form than that of its larger congener, and not a little resembled a living fern of New Zealand, Cœnopteris vivipara.
From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Hugh Miller
This dual capacity distinguishes us from other species which, to learn a new task, need numerous trials accompanied by positive or negative reinforcement signals, without being able to communicate it to their congeners.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
The type of still will influence the beverages’ final flavor, because pot stills often do not separate the congeners as precisely as column stills do.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023
Pot stills result in a spirit that often contains a more complex mixture of congeners.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2023
Whatever you think you’ve read about congeners and sulphites and wine before beer, it’s all twaddle.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2017
Nor is the conjecture that there may be in existence some congeners of these great reptiles inconsistent with zoological science.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by H. W. (Henry William) Lee
