congener

Definition

A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.

Etymology

From French congénère, from Latin com- (“same”) + genus (“kind”).

Example Sentences

• "Not that we may thereby swamp the thing in the wholesale condemnation which we pass on its inferior congeners, but rather that we may by contrast ascertain the more precisely in what its merits consist, by learning at the same time to what particular dangers of corruption it may also be exposed."