Holotype

noun

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.nounThe single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used to formally describe the species (or lower-order taxon), subsequently to be kept as a reference.

Synonyms

type specimen nat usnm lectotype topotype paratype syntype isotype homeotype orthotype hypotype allotype

Rhymes With

collotype

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