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con⋅ge⋅ner

  [kon-juh-ner]
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–noun
1. a person or thing of the same kind or class as another.
2. a plant, animal, fungus, etc., belonging to the same genus as another.
3. Also, congeneric. a secondary product formed in alcohol during fermentation that determines largely the character of the final liquor.
Origin:
1720–30; < L, equiv. to con- con- + gener- (s. of genus); see genus, general
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con·ge·ner   (kŏn'jə-nər)   
n.  

  1. A member of the same kind, class, or group.

  2. An organism belonging to the same taxonomic genus as another organism.


[From Latin, of the same race : com-, com- + genus, gener-, race; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
con'ge·ner'ic (-něr'ĭk), con·gen'er·ous (kən-jěn'ər-əs, kŏn-) adj.
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Main Entry: con·ge·ner
Pronunciation: 'kän-j&-n&r, k&n-'jE-
Variant: also co·ge·ner /'kO-"jE-n&r,kO-'/
Function: noun
1 : a member of the same taxonomic genus as another plant or animal
2 : a chemical substance related to anothercongeners> —con·ge·ner·ic /"kän-j&-'ner-ik/ adjective
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congener con·ge·ner (kŏn'jə-nər)
n.

  1. A member of the same kind, class, or group.

  2. An organism of the same taxonomic genus as another organism.

  3. One of two or more muscles having the same function.

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