HOLOTYPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does holotype mean? 

• HOLOTYPE (noun)
  The noun HOLOTYPE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HOLOTYPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLOTYPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

holotype; type specimen

Hypernyms ("holotype" is a kind of...):

example; model (a representative form or pattern)