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type localities

type localities is the plural of type locality.

Meaning of type locality

Noun

type locality (plural type localities)

  1. The location, usually where the first specimen was discovered, considered most representative of a mineral, formation etc.
  2. The location where a nomenclatural or name-bearing type was collected.

Questions about type localities

What is type localities the plural of?
Type localities is the plural of type locality.

Words near type localities in the dictionary

  1. type inference
  2. type inferences
  3. type introspection
  4. type introspections
  5. type juggling
  6. type localities
  7. type locality
  8. type metal
  9. type metals
  10. type out
  11. type punning

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