congener
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It is the handsomest of our Woodpeckers, having brighter tints than its congener of the plains, Colaptes agricola.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
Unlike his congener the brown bear, the grizzly cannot climb a tree, and knowing this I fancied myself safe.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.
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
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.
They require to be so: since an encounter with a full-grown jaguar is but little less dangerous than with his striped congener of the Indian jungles.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist
