congener

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The song in quality and general cast is like that of its congener, the water-accentor, which, however, I believe is never delivered on the wing.

From Ways of Nature by Burroughs, John

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)

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)

But there are some very curious points in the history of the “edolio,” which it does not share with its European congener.

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

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)