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hapantotype

hapantotype noun: 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.

Noun

hapantotype (plural hapantotypes)

  1. 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.

Forms of hapantotype

pluralhapantotypes

Questions about hapantotype

What does hapantotype mean?
Hapantotype means 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.
What part of speech is hapantotype?
Hapantotype is a noun.
What is the plural of hapantotype?
The plural of hapantotype is hapantotypes.

Words near hapantotype in the dictionary

  1. hapalodectid
  2. hapalodectids
  3. hapalonychia
  4. hapalote
  5. hapalotes
  6. hapantotype
  7. hapantotypes
  8. Haparanda
  9. hapas
  10. hapatoma
  11. hapatotoxin

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