Congeneric

Word CONGENERIC
Character 10
Hyphenation con ge ner ic
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Congeneric"

What do we mean by congeneric?

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

A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another.

Any of a group of structurally-related compounds.

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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Congeneric

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The word "congeneric" in example sentences

Carpenter argues in his new paper that, in fact, A. fragillimus seems to have differed from A. altus in a number of anatomical details, and that the two might not have been congeneric after all. ❋ Darren Naish (2007)

No new taxa have been mentioned in the reports on the new Svalbard finds - the only generic name used was Kimmerosaurus, a plesiosaur discovered in Dorset and named in the 1980s, and it is inferred that the animals are congeneric with British Kimmeridge Clay marine reptiles. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Incisivosaurus – closely related to, and possibly congeneric with, Protarchaeopteryx – has a reduced compliment of teeth, all of which are restricted to the anterior parts of the jaws, and two enlarged, bunny-like incisiform teeth project from each premaxilla (image at top: widely available on the web). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Peraiocynodon is quite similar to Docodon and a number of workers have regarded the two as congeneric. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

In both cases, the fossil taxon proved to have osteocalcin sequences that were, firstly, identical to those of its congeneric living relative (B. bison and H. sapiens respectively), and, secondly, distinctly different from those of related genera (Bos in the case of Bison, and Pan, Gorilla and Pongo in the case of Homo). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

The grouping of the Pink-headed duck as the sister-taxon of the Red-crested pochard Netta rufina (both species down at the base of Aythyini within the stem pochard clade) led Livezey to argue that the two should be regarded as congeneric. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

NOT because detailed, careful work has shown that the taxa really can be regarded as conspecific or congeneric. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Although many of these trees are congeneric with species that are important in European forests, the taxonomic diversity within most of these genera is significantly higher in Central China than Europe. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The altitudinal gradient produces a rapid species turnover and congeneric replacements of species. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The increased aridity, reduction in area, and isolation of temperate forests led to the extinction of many congeneric plant species, resulting in the presently high number of monotypic genera in the austral forest flora. ❋ Unknown (2007)

…For 44 structural loci, the average genetic distance between chimps and humans is less than the average distance between sibling species barely, if at all, distinguishable in morphology — and far less than the distance between any measured pair of congeneric species. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Interspecific hybrids with species of the congeneric genus Atylosia have shown promise as fodder and cover crops. ❋ Unknown (1996)

However, this genus is now thought to be congeneric with Atylosia and Endomallus, and also includes species of Rhynchosia and Dunbaria (van der Maesen 1986). ❋ Unknown (1996)

The Transportation Officer, or other congeneric officer, of the installation to which the household goods have been consigned should be notified of the action taken. ❋ Unknown (1949)

The _Quercus robur_ may furnish the maximum test to-day, but a few concealed pockets of nature may bring some other variety of the congeneric species to the front to-morrow, requiring M. ❋ R. W. Wright (N/A)

I have pointed out the existence in opium of a convulsive poison congeneric with brucia. ❋ Horace B. Day (N/A)

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