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orthotype

orthotype noun: the original published name for a group of genetically related organisms.

Noun

orthotype (plural orthotypes)

  1. The original published name for a group of genetically related organisms.
    • At the same time it is realised that the validity of the present arrangement can be established only by some worker who has at his disposal an adequate world collection, and who has access to orthotypes and early literature not available here […]1938, JLB Smith, “The South African fishes of the families Sparidae and Denticidae”, in Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, volume 26, number 3, page 225

Forms of orthotype

pluralorthotypes

Origin of orthotype

From ortho- + -type.

Questions about orthotype

What does orthotype mean?
Orthotype means the original published name for a group of genetically related organisms.
What part of speech is orthotype?
Orthotype is a noun.
What is the plural of orthotype?
The plural of orthotype is orthotypes.

Words near orthotype in the dictionary

  1. orthotropics
  2. orthotropism
  3. orthotropous
  4. orthotropously
  5. orthotropy
  6. orthotype
  7. orthotypes
  8. orthotypic
  9. orthotypographic
  10. orthotypographical
  11. orthotypographies

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