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Holotype

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Noun

1. holotype, type specimen

the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made

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Holotype

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noun
biology another name for type specimen

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Holotype

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noun
Taxonomy
the single specimen chosen as the type of a new species or subspecies in the original description

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Holotype

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n.
The single specimen or other element used or designated as the type specimen of a species or subspecies in the original published description of the taxon.

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