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What is a congener?

What is a congener? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another.
  2. A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another.
  3. (chemistry) Any of a group of structurally-related compounds.
  4. 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.
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Thus, it is difficult to derive meaningful estimates of exposure to individual congeners or congener groups.
North American populations of Hypomesus transpacificus, a congener of H. pretiosus, spend the entire life-cycle in freshwater.
The habits of the house cricket are nocturnal, like those of its congener of the fields.
The consultation concentrated its deliberations on 2, 3, 7, 8-TCDD as this was the most toxic congener and was carcinogenic in animals.
However, the congener composition differed from the original PBB mixture, indicating partial degradation of the PBB residue in the soil samples.
Tannins are one form of congener, so red wine will be worse for you than white wine.

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