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plesiotype

plesiotype noun: a specimen identified as belonging to a species, but not selected by the original describer of that species.

Noun

plesiotype (plural plesiotypes)

  1. A specimen identified as belonging to a species, but not selected by the original describer of that species.

Forms of plesiotype

pluralplesiotypes

Questions about plesiotype

What does plesiotype mean?
Plesiotype means a specimen identified as belonging to a species, but not selected by the original describer of that species.
What part of speech is plesiotype?
Plesiotype is a noun.
What is the plural of plesiotype?
The plural of plesiotype is plesiotypes.

Words near plesiotype in the dictionary

  1. plesiosauromorph
  2. plesiosauromorphs
  3. plesiosaurs
  4. plesiosaurus
  5. plesiosauruses
  6. plesiotype
  7. plesiotypes
  8. Pleskot
  9. Plessey
  10. plessigraph
  11. plessigraphs

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