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con⋅ge⋅ner
[kon-juh-ner] 
dʒə
–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. |
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| con·ge·ner (kŏn'jə-nər) n.
[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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