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Congeneric

Congeneric \Con`ge*ner"ic\, Congenerical \Con`ge*ner"ic*al\, a. Belonging to the same genus; allied in origin, nature, or action; of or pertaining to a congener.
--R. Owen.

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congeneric

a. Of or pertaining to congeners (organisms of the same genus) n. (alternative form of congener English)

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congeneric

adj. belonging to the same genus [syn: congenerical, congenerous]

Usage examples of "congeneric".

The sincerity and artlessness with which she discussed what she called her “love-life,” from first necking to connubial catch-as-catch-can, were, ethically, in striking contrast with my glib compositions, but technically the two sets were congeneric since both were affected by the same stuff (soap operas, psychoanalysis and cheap novelettes) upon which I drew for my characters and she for her mode of expression.