Congenerous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Congenerous \Con*gen"er*ous\, a. [L. congener; con- + genus,
     generis, birth, kind, race. See {Genus}, and cf. {Congener}.]
     Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous
     diseases. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. -- {Con*gen"er*ous*ness},
     n. [Obs.] --Hallywell.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  congenerous
       adj : belonging to the same genus [syn: {congeneric}, {congenerical}]