What does congener mean?
Congener means A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another..
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/ˈkɒnd͡ʒɪnə/ · noun
A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another..
Not that we may thereby swamp the thing in the wholesale condemnation which we pass on its inferior congeners, but rather that we may by contrast ascertain the more precisely in what its merits consist, by learning at the same time to what particular dangers of corruption it may also be exposed.
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Congener means A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another..
Common synonyms include cogener, relative, congenator.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Not that we may thereby swamp the thing in the wholesale condemnation which we pass on its inferior congeners, but rather that we may by contrast ascertain the more precisely in what its merits consist, by learning at the same time to what particular dangers of corruption it may also be exposed.
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