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iconotypes

iconotypes is the plural of iconotype.

Meaning of iconotype

Noun

iconotype (plural iconotypes)

  1. An illustration of a biological specimen that serves as a holotype or lectotype (type specimen and it becomes the type illustration). It is not an illustration of a holotype or lectotype. In the 18th and early 19th century, iconotypes were designated as type specimens when preserved specimens were not available. In the 21st century, iconotypes are being used where a live animal is recorded and then released.

Questions about iconotypes

What is iconotypes the plural of?
Iconotypes is the plural of iconotype.

Words near iconotypes in the dictionary

  1. iconotheca
  2. iconothecas
  3. iconotropic
  4. iconotropy
  5. iconotype
  6. iconotypes
  7. icons
  8. iconstasis
  9. ICOP
  10. ICOs
  11. icosa-

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