congener

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a minor chemical constituent that gives a wine or liquor its distinctive character
noun an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
noun a whole (a thing or person) of the same kind or category as another

From French congénère, from Latin com- (“same”) + genus (“kind”).

Leibniz's two relations of "comparison" and "concourse" are certainly the congeners of Kant's "analytic" and "synthetic" judgments. — Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding: A Critical Exposition, John Dewey
The histories of medicine which exist are for the most part only fitted for the intellectual digestion of Dryasdust and his congeners. — Robert Orange: Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange, John Oliver Hobbes
These birds soon became accustomed to returning every evening to their new dwelling, and showed more disposition to domesticate themselves than their congeners, the wood-pigeons. — The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne

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