💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Tectotype"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| topotypenoun | (geology) type locality |
| lectotypenoun | (taxonomy) A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype. |
| type specimennoun | (taxonomy) A specimen whose characteristics are used to describe and name a species |
| cotypenoun | (taxonomy, dated) A syntype or paratype. |
| hypotypenoun | (taxonomy) A specimen, whose details have been previously published, which is not part of the original type series of the species. |
| typenoun | A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class. |
| holotypenoun | (taxonomy) 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. |
| syntypenoun | (taxonomy) Any one of two or more specimens specified in the description of a species (or lower-order taxon), where no specimen has been designated as holotype. |
| neotypenoun | (taxonomy) A new specimen of a previously described species which, in order to maintain nomenclatural stability or solve doubtful or confusing identities, is designated to serve as the type specimen, possibly replacing a previous holotype or neotype |
| homeotypenoun | (biology) A specimen identified as belonging to a certain taxon by an authority who compared it directly with a primary type specimen (usually the holotype). |
| epitypenoun | (taxonomy) An additional, clarifying type (specimen or illustration) of a species or lower-order taxon, provided when the holotype and paratypes from the original classification are demonstrably ambiguous or insufficient. |
| paratypenoun | (taxonomy) A physical specimen (or an illustration) that is not the holotype but is considered the same taxon by the author of the holotype. |
| isolectotypenoun | (taxonomy) A duplicate specimen of a lectotype. |
| isotypenoun | (immunology) A marker corresponding to an antigen found in all members of a subclass of a specific class of immunoglobulins |
| metatypenoun | (programming) The type of a type. |
| hapantotypenoun | (taxonomy) Any of two or more type specimens of protistans, where the type consists of two or more specimens of directly related individuals representing distinct stages in the life cycle, and collectively treated as a single entity. Lectotypes cannot be designated from among them. |
| ichnotypenoun | (taxonomy) A footprint of a type specimen (especially an extinct one) |
| plastotypenoun | (taxonomy) A plastic cast of a type specimen. |
| genotypenoun | (genetics) The part (DNA sequence) of the genetic makeup of an organism which determines a specific characteristic (phenotype) of that organism. |
| type localitynoun | (taxonomy) The location where a nomenclatural or name-bearing type was collected. |
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