n.
Pronunciation: ' ē -k ə - ˌ t ī p, ' e-
Function: noun
Date: 1922
: a population of a species that survives as a distinct group through environmental selection and isolation and that is comparable with a taxonomic subspecies
– eco · typ · ic \ ˌ ē -k ə - ' ti-pik, ˌ e-k ə - \ adjective