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
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 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
Like his brown congener of Europe he has a sweet tooth, and is greatly given to honey.
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
