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congeneric

[kon-juh-ner-ik] / ˌkɒn dʒəˈnɛr ɪk /




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This marked difference of habit between congeneric species so closely allied as the two Bustards is very curious.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck

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 Asa Gray

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 Louis Dechmann

How came it that Taylor did not apply the same process to the congeneric question of the freedom of the will?

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge

He arrives at this conclusion from a geographical survey of what he would call the "whole field of distribution," and "the probable historical connection between these congeneric species."

From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright




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