"epitype" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: epitypes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} epitype (plural epitypes)
  1. (taxonomy) An additional, clarifying type (specimen or illustration) of a species or lower-order taxon, provided when the holotype and paratypes from the original classification are demonstrably ambiguous or insufficient. Categories (topical): Taxonomy
    Sense id: en-epitype-en-noun-V~dAjsHA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy
  2. (genetics, epigenetics) An epigenetic alteration in a gene. Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-epitype-en-noun-syFeAPrY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: epitypification, epitypify

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