Definition of "congener" [con•ge•ner]

• A member of the same kind, class, or group. (noun)
• An organism belonging to the same taxonomic genus as another organism. (noun)

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• "But the key word out of these studies that I read is the word congener, that's the word you sort of keep in mind and certain alcohols have more congeners than other alcohols."
• "A congener is a thing of like nature with another."
• "You have seen a congener of this species as a mystery bird, so it is possible that some of you can identify this bird's taxonomic family, and possibly even its genus."