Main Entry:

con·ge·ner

Pronunciation:

\ˈkän-jə-nər, kən-ˈjē-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Latin, of the same kind, from com- + gener-, genus kind — more at kin

Date:

circa 1736

1 : a member of the same taxonomic genus as another plant or animal 2 : a person, organism, or thing resembling another in nature or action <the New England private schools and their congeners west of the Alleghenies — Oliver La Farge> 3 : a chemical substance related to another

— con·ge·ner·ic \ˌkän-jə-ˈner-ik\ adjective

— con·ge·ner·ous \kən-ˈjē-nə-rəs, -ˈje-nə-, (ˌ)kän-\ adjective