congener
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The total effect is to lend to the blown-out �thalium a woolly appearance, entirely unlike that of its congener under the same conditions.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)
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
The paroquet had already joined the macaw, and, as if in imitation of its great congener, flew fluttering among the top branches, in a state of the wildest excitement!
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
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.
Gymnogongrus has two British species, one much resembling Chondrus crispus, already named, of which it was formerly considered a congener.
From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Gray, Peter
