holotypic

Variant of holotype

holotype definition

holo·type (häl′ō tīp′, hō′lə-)

noun

Taxonomy the single specimen chosen as the type of a new species or subspecies in the original description

Etymology: holo- + type

Related Forms:

  • holotypic hol′o·typ′ic (-tip′ik) adjective

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