[con.ge.ner] n [L, of the same kind, fr. com- + gener-, genus kind--more at kin] (ca. 1736) 1: a member of the same taxonomic genus as another plant or animal
2: a person or thing resembling another in nature or action "the New England private schools and their ~s west of the Alleghenies --Oliver La Farge" -- con.ge.ner.ic adj -- con.ge.ner.ous adj