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paratypes

paratypes is the plural of paratype.

Meaning of paratype

Noun

paratype (plural paratypes)

  1. A physical specimen (or an illustration) that is not the holotype but is considered the same taxon by the author of the holotype.
    • The paratype of this species proves to have an ovipositor very different from that of the holotype (see dissimilis, new species).1942, Alan Stone, “The Fruitflies of the Genus Anastrepha”, in Miscellaneous Publication, US Department of Agriculture, 439, page 44

Questions about paratypes

What is paratypes the plural of?
Paratypes is the plural of paratype.

Words near paratypes in the dictionary

  1. paratungstates
  2. paratympanic
  3. paratympanic organ
  4. paratympanic organs
  5. paratype
  6. paratypes
  7. paratyphoid
  8. paratyphoid fever
  9. paratyphoid fevers
  10. paratyphoidal
  11. paratyphoids

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