English Explanatory Dictionary

metatype

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A topotype of a species which is confirmed as belonging to that species by the author who originally described it
  2. The type of a type.

Word forms

metatype metatypes

Etymology

From meta- + type.

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