congener
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The frond of Sphenopteris bifida was of a more simple form than that of its larger congener, and not a little resembled a living fern of New Zealand, Cœnopteris vivipara.
From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Miller, Hugh
Yet, while shunned as near neighbours, it appears certain that the vultures perform services of value to their nobler congener.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.
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)
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)
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