How to use cotype in a sentence
The type specimen is deposited in the writer's herbarium, and a cotype may be seen in the State Herbarium.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 | Bruce Fink and Leafy J. CorringtonThe type specimen is deposited in the writer's herbarium, and a cotype may be found in the State Herbarium.
Ohio Biological Survey, Bull. 10, Vol. 11, No. 6 | Bruce Fink and Leafy J. CorringtonParatype: is every specimen of the series from which the type was selected see type and cotype.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology | John. B. SmithI incline to the view that a specimen so designated would at most be only a lectotype, unless it were a cotype.
American Weasels | E. Raymond Hall
British Dictionary definitions for cotype
cotype
/ (ˈkəʊˌtaɪp) /
noun
biology an additional type specimen from the same brood as the original type specimen
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