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holotypes

holotypes is the plural of holotype.

Meaning of holotype

Noun

holotype (plural holotypes)

  1. 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.
    • The holotype of this species is subglobular in shape and ammoniticonic in its mode of growth.1938, A. K. Miller, Devonian Ammonoids of America, Geological Society of America, page 75

Questions about holotypes

What is holotypes the plural of?
Holotypes is the plural of holotype.

Words near holotypes in the dictionary

  1. holotrichous
  2. holotrichs
  3. holotricin
  4. holotropic
  5. holotype
  6. holotypes
  7. holotypic
  8. Holovanivsk
  9. holoventral
  10. holovid
  11. holovids

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