English Explanatory Dictionary

hypodigm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sample from which the characters of a population are to be inferred.

Pronunciation

/ˈhaɪpə(ʊ)(ˌ)daɪm/ /-dɪm/

Word forms

hypodigm hypodigms

Etymology

Coined in 1940 by George Gaylord Simpson, Types in Modern Taxonomy, published in American Journal of Science #238, p. 418.

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