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Congener

noun
1.
A minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character.
2.
An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus).  Synonyms: congenator, congeneric, relative.
3.
A whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another.  "The American shopkeeper differs from his European congener"





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"Congener" Quotes from Famous Books



... and we know from the mummy pits and Herodotus that it was the same species as ours. The first portraits of the cat are on the monuments of "Beni Hasan," B.C. 2500. I have ventured to derive the familiar "Puss" from the Arab. "Biss (fem. :Bissah"), which is a congener of Pasht (Diana), the cat-faced goddess of Bubastis (Pi-Pasht), now Zagazig. Lastly, "tabby (brindled)-cat" is derived from the Attabi (Prince Attab's) quarter at Baghdad where watered silks were made. It is usually attributed to the Tibbie, ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Congener" :   whole, chemical substance, unit, relative, chemical, congeneric, organism, being


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