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name-bearing types

name-bearing types is the plural of name-bearing type.

Meaning of name-bearing type

Noun

name-bearing type (plural name-bearing types)

  1. For a species or lower-order taxon, a type (specimen or illustration) that determines the application of the species name; for a genus, the type species; for a family, the type genus.
    • A nominal species and its nominotypical subspecies have the same name-bearing type [Arts. 47a, 61b].1995, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: Draft, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, page 72

Questions about name-bearing types

What is name-bearing types the plural of?
Name-bearing types is the plural of name-bearing type.

Words near name-bearing types in the dictionary

  1. name vase
  2. name vases
  3. name-based type system
  4. name-based type systems
  5. name-bearing type
  6. name-bearing types
  7. name-book
  8. name-call
  9. name-called
  10. name-caller
  11. name-callers

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