💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Typonym"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| typenoun | A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class. |
| topotypenoun | (geology) type locality |
| 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. |
| name-bearing typenoun | (taxonomy, of a taxon) 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. |
| 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. |
| apotypenoun | (taxonomy) A hypotype that has supplementary descriptions |
| type specimennoun | (taxonomy) A specimen whose characteristics are used to describe and name a species |
| protonymnoun | (zoology, taxonomy) The first legitimate name of a taxon, on which the currently accepted name is based. |
| hypotypenoun | (taxonomy) A specimen, whose details have been previously published, which is not part of the original type series of the species. |
| orthotypenoun | (taxonomy) The original published name for a group of genetically related organisms. |
| type varietynoun | (taxonomy) Synonym of autonym. |
| 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. |
| cotypenoun | (taxonomy, dated) A syntype or paratype. |
| epitypificationnoun | (taxonomy) The identification and naming of an epitype |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| tectotypenoun | (taxonomy, biology, rare) A type specimen explicitly designated to show microscopic structure. |
| tautonymnoun | (biology) A binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison. |
| metatypenoun | (programming) The type of a type. |
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