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lectotype
[lek-tuh-tahyp]
noun
Biology.
a specimen designated as the type of a species or subspecies when no holotype was designated by the original author of the name.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- lectotypic adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lectotype1
First recorded in 1905–10; from Greek (ó) “chosen” + type ( def. ); logos ( def. ), lection ( def. )
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Lectotype: a co-type chosen, subsequently to the original description, to take the place which in other cases a holotype occupies.
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