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Holotype Moderate

Holotype has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made

2

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.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
model
Rhyming Words
hype gype kype rype type wype skype blype flype glype slype retype cotype ditype ectype ootype epitype tintype mistype ur type
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