"syntype" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: syntypes [plural]
Etymology: syn- + -type Etymology templates: {{confix|en|syn|type}} syn- + -type Head templates: {{en-noun}} syntype (plural syntypes)
  1. (taxonomy) Any one of two or more specimens specified in the description of a species (or lower-order taxon), where no specimen has been designated as holotype. Wikipedia link: syntype Categories (topical): Taxonomy Related terms: holotype, lectotype, paratype

Inflected forms

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