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autapotypic

autapotypic adjective: apotypic with regards to its own taxonomic category.

Adjective

autapotypic (not comparable)

  1. Apotypic with regards to its own taxonomic category.
    • The monophyly of the limbatus group is based on the presence of autapotypic female coxital plates; the plates are only feebly developed in the more primitive Central American species.1969, Ginter Ekis, Herbert Friedmann, James F. McKinney, Synonymy of the Fish Families Cheilobranchidae, page 129
    • The presence of three in this lineage is interpreted to be autapotypic.1981, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology - Issues 340-349, page 13

Origin of autapotypic

From aut- + apotypic.

Questions about autapotypic

What does autapotypic mean?
Autapotypic means apotypic with regards to its own taxonomic category.
What part of speech is autapotypic?
Autapotypic is an adjective.

Words near autapotypic in the dictionary

  1. autapomorphically
  2. autapomorphies
  3. autapomorphous
  4. autapomorphs
  5. autapomorphy
  6. autapotypic
  7. autapse
  8. autapses
  9. autaptic
  10. autaptically
  11. autarch

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