English Explanatory Dictionary

holotype

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The 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.

Word forms

holotype holotypes

Etymology

From holo- + -type.

Related words

allotype epitype isotype lectotype neotype paratype syntype conserved type type species

Derived words

holotypic
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