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congenerous

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con⋅ge⋅ner⋅ic

  [kon-juh-ner-ik]
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–adjective
1. Also, con⋅gen⋅er⋅ous  [kuhn-jen-er-uhs] . of the same kind or genus.
2. offering a group of closely related services: a congeneric investment company.
–noun
3. congener (def. 3).
4. a congeneric company, service, or the like.
Origin:
1825–35; congener + -ic; see generic
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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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