LECTOTYPE

Etymology

Noun

lectotype (plural lectotypes)

(taxonomy) A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.

Anagrams

• leptocyte

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

3 April 2025

WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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