Lexic.us

Definition of Congener

1. Noun. A minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character.

2. Noun. An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus).

3. Noun. A whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another. "The American shopkeeper differs from his European congener"

Definition of Congener

1. n. A thing of the same genus, species, or kind; a thing allied in nature, character, or action.

Definition of Congener

1. Noun. A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another. ¹

2. Noun. A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another. ¹

3. Noun. (chemistry) Any of a group of structurally-related compounds. ¹

4. Noun. Any of several alcohols, other than ethanol, that are found in fermented and distilled alcoholic drinks, and are partially responsible for their flavour and character. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Congener

1. one of the same kind or class [n -S]

Medical Definition of Congener

1. 1. One of two or more things of the same kind, as of animal or plant with respect to classification. 2. One of two or more muscles with the same function. Origin: L. Con-, with, + genus, race (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Congener

congeals conged congee congeed congeeing congees congeing congelation congelation urticaria congelations

congelative congelifract congeliturbation congemination congenator congener (current term) congenerate congeneration congeneric congenerical

congenericity congenerous congenerousness congeners congenetic congenial congenialities congeniality congenialize congenialized

Literary usage of Congener

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (1884)
"... in a small loch, hot sunshine, monticola, small loch, congener, curling pond, arcticus, not uncommon, ..."

2. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1882)
"It? prime character, as compared with its congener?, is its amphibious mode of life. It is as absolutely aquatic in its nature as the Otter, ..."

3. The Birds of Jamaica by Philip Henry Gosse, Richard Hill (1847)
"It has little resemblance to either a Zenaida or a Peristera, The flesh is very white ; like that of its congener. The woodsmen speak of a Blue Partridge, ..."

4. A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1894)
"Indian congener, which is alleged to successfully hold its own against the elephant, will turn tail before a wild dog. There are many varieties of " black," ..."

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