congeneric

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How came it that Taylor did not apply the same process to the congeneric question of the freedom of the will?

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson

Two genera of pocket gophers should be congeneric.

From An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico by Bernardo Villa R.

There is no reason why these two birds should be considered congeneric, except a general similarity in colour and habits.

From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian

The two judgments, that of a man upon himself from within, and that of his beholder upon him from without, are not congeneric.

From The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 by MacDonald, George

The point to be made here is simply this: If the species in question are to be considered congeneric then it might reasonably be expected that they would display some similarity in nidification and egg-laying.

From Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves by Merz, Robert L.