English Explanatory Dictionary

name-bearing type

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. For a species or lower-order taxon, a type (specimen or illustration) that determines the application of the species name; for a genus, the type species; for a family, the type genus.

Word forms

name-bearing type name-bearing types
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