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)

The chipper's congener, the field sparrow, is less neighborly than he, but a much better musician.

From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford

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.

The latter may be taken as an illustrative example of his class, and his ways are identical with that of his ancient sacred congener and present inhabitant of Egypt.

From Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 by Various

The legs of the bontebok are white from the knee down, while those of his congener are only white on the insides—the outsides being brown.

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