LECTOTYPE


Meaning of LECTOTYPE in English

[lec.to.type] n [Gk lektos chosen (fr. legein to gather, choose) + E type--more at legend] (ca. 1905): a specimen chosen as the type of a species or subspecies if the author of the name fails to designate a type

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