congener
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In shape, colour, and many of his habits, the Syrian bear differs essentially from his brown congener; and his dwelling-place—instead of being in forest-covered tracts—is more generally in open ground or among rocks.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist
It is also of a gentler disposition than its congener, smaller in size, and never preys upon other animals.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist
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
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 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
