HOLOTYPE


Meaning of HOLOTYPE in English

— holotypic /hol'euh tip"ik, hoh'leuh-/ , adj.

/hol"euh tuyp', hoh"leuh-/ , n. Biol.

the type specimen used in the original description of a species.

[ 1895-1900; HOLO- + -TYPE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .